Exploring the Scientific Reasoning of Elementary School Students: Adaptation of the SPR-I (7) into Turkish

IF 2.2 3区教育学 Q1 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

Research in Science Education Pub Date : 2024-10-09 DOI:10.1007/s11165-024-10204-2

Uğur Orhan, Eda Demirhan

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Throughout the world scientific reasoning (SR) is a valuable and desirable ability to gain deeper understanding of science in all grade level. In the current study, we first adapted the SPR-I (7) which consists of seven items with three sub-dimensions as the experimentation, the understanding the nature of science (NOS) and the data interpretation, based on the guidelines of the International Testing Commission. Then, we explored several individual differences in SR scores. We gathered data from 533 elementary students in 4th, 5th, and 6th graders. The Rasch analysis results showed that the model-data fit was acceptable and was exactly the same reliability (EAP/PV = 0.48) as the original SPR-I (7). In addition, the test-retest reliability results (Cronbach’s α = 0.77) showed an acceptable reliability. Furthermore, the results regarding individual differences, it was found that there was no statistically significant difference in terms of gender and region. However, there was a significant difference in the total SR scores and sub-dimension of NOS between 4th and 6th, and 5th and 6th graders in favor of 6th. According to parental education levels, a statistically significant difference was found in favor of those with higher level in the total SPR-I (7) and the sub-dimension of experimentation. In conclusion, the current study shows that the Turkish version of the SPR-I (7) is a valid and reliable measurement instrument that can be used to measure SR in 4th, 5th, and 6th graders and contributes to the literature in terms of addressing the individual differences affecting SR at the elementary education level.

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探索小学生的科学推理能力：将 SPR-I (7) 改编成土耳其语

在全世界范围内，科学推理（SR）都是各年级学生深入理解科学的一种有价值的、理想的能力。在本研究中，我们首先根据国际测试委员会的指导原则改编了 SPR-I（7），它由七个项目组成，包括实验、理解科学本质（NOS）和数据解释三个子维度。然后，我们探讨了 SR 分数的若干个体差异。我们收集了 533 名四年级、五年级和六年级小学生的数据。Rasch 分析结果表明，模型与数据的拟合是可以接受的，其信度（EAP/PV = 0.48）与最初的 SPR-I 完全相同（7）。此外，测试-再测信度结果（Cronbach's α = 0.77）也显示信度可以接受。此外，关于个体差异的结果显示，在性别和地区方面没有统计学意义上的显著差异。然而，在 SR 总分和 NOS 分维度上，四年级和六年级、五年级和六年级学生之间存在明显差异，六年级学生更优。根据父母的受教育程度，在 SPR-I 总分（7 分）和实验分维度上，受教育程度较高的父母在统计上有显著差异。总之，目前的研究表明，土耳其版 SPR-I（7）是一种有效、可靠的测量工具，可用于测量四、五、六年级学生的性向立场，并为解决影响初等教育阶段性向立场的个体差异问题的文献做出了贡献。

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