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The Examination of the Relationship between Scientific Literacy and Some Cognitively Based Individual Differences in Terms of Gender
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Sahin, Feride; Ates, Salih – Electronic Journal for Research in Science & Mathematics Education, 2023
The aim of this study is to examine whether the structural model that Sahin and Ates (2020) put forward about the relationship among students' scientific literacy levels, logical thinking ability, cognitive styles, mental capacity, and mental rotation ability differ in terms of gender. A causal-comparative model approach was used in this study.…
Descriptors: Scientific Literacy, Correlation, Individual Differences, Gender Differences
Explaining the Alluring Influence of Neuroscience Information on Scientific Reasoning
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Rhodes, Rebecca E.; Rodriguez, Fernando; Shah, Priti – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2014
Previous studies have investigated the influence of neuroscience information or images on ratings of scientific evidence quality but have yielded mixed results. We examined the influence of neuroscience information on evaluations of flawed scientific studies after taking into account individual differences in scientific reasoning skills, thinking…
Descriptors: Neurosciences, Scientific Concepts, Thinking Skills, Scientific Research