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Direct linkKalinowski, Steven T.; Willoughby, Shannon – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2019
We present a multiple-choice test, the Montana State University Formal Reasoning Test (FORT), to assess college students' scientific reasoning ability. The test defines scientific reasoning to be equivalent to formal operational reasoning. It contains 20 questions divided evenly among five types of problems: control of variables, hypothesis…
Descriptors: Science Tests, Test Construction, Science Instruction, Introductory Courses
Lawson, Anton E.; Banks, Debra L.; Logvin, Marshall – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2007
This study compared the relationships of self-efficacy and reasoning ability to achievement in introductory college biology. Based on the hypothesis that developing formal and postformal reasoning ability is a primary factor influencing self-efficacy, a significant positive correlation was predicted between reasoning ability and degree of…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Intellectual Development, Correlation, Biology
Havdala, Rachel; Ashkenazi, Guy – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2007
Students' views about science were correlated with their approaches to lab practice. Three distinct cases are discussed in detail: empiricist-oriented, rationalist-oriented, and constructivist-oriented students. A coherent epistemological theory was constructed for each case, by considering the different degrees of certainty and confidence each…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Theory Practice Relationship, Correlation, Epistemology
