Investigating Undergraduates' Perceptions of Science in Courses Taught Using the CREATE Strategy.

ABSTRACT: Many science educators agree that 21^st century students need to develop mature scientific thinking skills. Unsurprisingly, students' and experts' perceptions about the nature of scientific knowledge differ. Moreover, students' naïve and entrenched epistemologies can preclude their development toward "thinking like scientists." Novel teaching approaches that guide students toward more mature perceptions may be needed to support their development of scientific thinking skills. To address such issues, physics educators developed the Colorado Learning Attitudes About Science Survey (CLASS), subsequently adapted for chemistry and biology. These surveys are "designed to compare novice and expert perceptions about the content and structure of a specific discipline; the source of knowle

SUBMITTER: Hoskins SG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5969439 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature