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Tsai, Chun-Yen; Li, Yuh-Yuh; Cheng, Ying-Yao – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2017
This study investigated the relationship among adult affective factors, engagement in science, and scientific competencies. Probability proportional to size sampling was used to select 504 participants between the ages of 18 and 70 years. Data were collected through individual face-to-face interviews. The results of hierarchical regression…
Descriptors: Adults, Affective Behavior, Interviews, Regression (Statistics)
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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
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Papanastasiou, Elena C. – Research in Science & Technological Education, 2003
The purpose of this study was to examine how variables related to computer availability, computer comfort and educational software are associated with higher or lower levels of science literacy in the USA, Finland and Mexico, after controlling for the socio-economic status of the students. The analyses for this study were based on a series of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computers, Educational Technology, Computer Uses in Education