Differences in the attitudes and beliefs about science of students in the physics-mathematics and life sciences areas and their impact on teaching

Q4 Social Sciences

Revista Mexicana De Fisica E Pub Date : 2022-02-23 DOI:10.31349/revmexfise.19.020207

Álvaro Suárez, D. Baccino, M. Monteiro, A. Martí

引用次数: 1

Abstract

For this study, we compared the attitudes and beliefs about science of physical science (physics and mathematics) and life science (biochemistry and biology) students at the beginning of their university degrees using the CLASS (Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey) tool. It is worth noting that both groups of students received similar physics courses during their high-school education. Through a detailed analysis of the different categories of the test, we examined the differences in performance in each of the areas that make up the questionnaire. Among other aspects, we found that a considerable percentage of life science students (higher than that of physical science students) adopted a novice type of behavior in problem solving. Finally, we discussed the possible causes of the differences found and their implications for teaching.

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物理数学和生命科学领域学生对科学的态度和信念的差异及其对教学的影响

在这项研究中，我们比较了物理科学(物理和数学)和生命科学(生物化学和生物学)学生在他们的大学学位开始使用CLASS(科罗拉多学习态度的科学调查)工具对科学的态度和信念。值得注意的是，这两组学生在高中期间接受过类似的物理课程。通过对测试的不同类别的详细分析，我们检查了组成问卷的每个领域的表现差异。在其他方面，我们发现相当大比例的生命科学学生(高于物理科学学生)在解决问题时采用了新手类型的行为。最后，我们讨论了这些差异的可能原因及其对教学的启示。

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Revista Mexicana De Fisica E 社会科学-科学史与科学哲学

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0.80

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0.00%

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>12 weeks

期刊介绍： The Revista Mexicana de Física (Rev. Mex. Fis.) publishes original papers of interest to our readers from the physical science com unity. Language may be English or Spanish, however, given the nature of our readers, English is recommended. Articles are classified as follows: Research. Articles reporting original results in physical science. Instrumentation. Articles reporting original contributions on design and construction of scientific instruments. They should present new instruments and techniques oriented to physical science problems solutions. They must also report measurements performed with the described instrument. Reviews. Critical surveys of specific physical science topics in which recent published information is analyzed and discussed. They should be accessible to physics graduate students and non specialists, and provide valuable bibliography to the specialist. Comments. Short papers (four pages maximum) that assess critically papers by others authors previously published in the Revista Mexicana de Física. A comment should state clearly to which paper it refers.