Student Attitudes toward Science-Technology-Society Resulting from Visitation to a Science-Technology Museum.

Finson, Kevin D.; Enochs, Larry G.

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ERIC Number: EJ361677

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1987

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Student Attitudes toward Science-Technology-Society Resulting from Visitation to a Science-Technology Museum.

Finson, Kevin D.; Enochs, Larry G.

Journal of Research in Science Teaching, v24 n7 p593-609 Oct 1987

Reports on student attitudes toward science-technology-society (STS) after visiting a science-technology museum and considers what variable factors of the visitation impacted these attitudes. Results indicated that significant differences in attitudes were present between visiting and nonvisiting students and between grade levels. (TW)

Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Science, Field Trips, Grade 6, Grade 7, Grade 8, Museums, Science and Society, Science Education, Science Instruction, Science Teaching Centers, Scientific Attitudes, Student Attitudes, Technology

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Audience: Practitioners; Researchers

Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Kansas

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