An Experimental Investigation into the Attitudes of Fifth Grade Students Toward Science

Reasons why Elementary and Secondary Students in Utah do and do not Like Science

“…Armstrong (1973), Creaper (1976, Entwistle and Duckworth (1977), and Lazarowitz and Hertz-Lazarowitz (1979) advocated that students have a voice in choosing what they study and also that the reasons for students' choices should be studied. Students' interest in science, choice of science subjects, and reasons for these preferences were studied in relation to the option of further science courses, (Butler 1968, Ormerod andDuckworth 1975) to socio-environmental factors, to students' background and parental influences, (Krippner 1963, andRoe 1963), to gender (Lowery 1967) to school type (whether simple-sex or coeducational) by Ormerod (1975), and to achievement and vocational choice (Sjoberg 1983). No studies were found to investigate students' reasons why they do and do not like science subjects to be learned.…”

L’attitude des étudiants face aux sciences au niveau secondaire

“…Lowery 14 , dans une étude des attitudes des étudiants lors de l'essai d'un nouveau programme de sciences, a montré que les élèves venant de milieux socioéconomiques plus élevés manifestaient une attitude plus positive envers les sciences. Des conclusions identiques se retrouvent dans des recherches menées par Barber 15 17 .…”

“…Clarke 18 montre que les garçons ont une attitude plus favorable aux sciences que les filles ; Lowery 19 affirme le contraire. Il ne nous est pas nécessaire de prendre partie pour l'une ou l'autre conclusion car, étudiant la situation telle qu'elle se présente dans nos écoles où les classes de sciences sont mixtes, il existe une influence d'un sexe à l'autre sur l'attitude face aux sciences.…”

Sex‐stereotyped attitudes about science: can they be changed?

“…An attempt was made to incorporate aspects of the children's likely out-of-school science experiences since these are known to be a significant influence on attitudes to science (Lowery 1967).…”