Psychological Development and Education ›› 2003, Vol. 18 ›› Issue (2): 47-52.

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Learners’view of Science and Its RelationTo Scientific Discovery Learning

SUN Yan-qing1, ZHANG Jian-wei2   

  1. 1. School of Psychology, Beijing, Normal University 100875;
    2. Educational Technology Center, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084
  • Online:2003-04-15 Published:2003-04-15

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Abstract: This research was dedicated to investigate learners' domain-specific epistemology about science, and to reveal the influence of learners' view of science on their cognitive strategies in science learning.Study I invest igated learners view of science and its relation to learners' science achievement.Six essent ial dimensions concerning the view of science were included in the inventory.In result, most learners in junior high schools exhibited mixed view of science.Significant correlation was found between learners' attitude toward science and their science achievement.Study II stepped forward to explore the influence of learners' view of science to their scientific discovery learning act ivities.In outcome, learners' belief on the relevance of science to the public was found helpful to their performance on the flexible application test.Both learners' reasoning ability and the objective view on science were found correlated to learners' variable control strategy in scientific experiments.

Key words: view of science, epistemological belief, scientific discovery learning, variable control

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