Attitudes to Science : A Review

A Theory of Cognitive Dissonance

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1963 • 15,071 citations

The Measurement of Meaning

1957 • 8,915 citations

The Authoritarian Personality

2001 • 6,655 citations

The Nature of Human Intelligence

1968 • 4,576 citations

The nature of human intelligence

1967 • 3,990 citations

Life in Classrooms

1968 • 2,413 citations

Readings in Attitude Theory and Measurement

1968 • 2,137 citations

THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEX DIFFERENCES

1967 • 1,837 citations

The principle of congruity in the prediction of attitude change.

1955 • 1,578 citations

Techniques of attitude scale construction.

1957 • 1,569 citations

The review of educational research.

1931 • 1,508 citations

Questionnaire Design and Attitude Measurement.

1968 • 1,487 citations

Problems in Measuring Change

1965 • 1,388 citations

Measurement and Evaluation in Psychology and Education.

1961 • 1,284 citations

The Authoritarian Personality

1952 • 1,102 citations

Questionnaire Design and Attitude Measurement.

1967 • 916 citations

Vocational interests of men and women.

1943 • 826 citations

Mastery Learning: Theory and Practice

1971 • 606 citations

Language, the Learner and the School

1973 • 513 citations

The psychology of human differences.

1947 • 446 citations

Roles of activation and inhibition in sex differences in cognitive abilities.

1968 • 349 citations

The prediction of achievement and creativity

1968 • 297 citations

Contrary Imaginations

2017 • 278 citations

Sex Differences in Mathematics Achievement—A Longitudinal Study

1974 • 198 citations

The development, field test and validation of an inventory of scientific attitudes

1970 • 163 citations

"Evaluation as Illumination: A New Approach to the Study of Innovatory Programs". Occasional Paper.

1972 • 159 citations

Social environment as a mediator of classroom learning.

1969 • 142 citations

The evaluation of instruction : issues and problems

1970 • 129 citations

Differences between the sexes in mathematics and science courses

1973 • 111 citations

Occupational Psychology

1958 • 110 citations

Changing Attitudes towards Science among Adolescents

1973 • 107 citations

Effects of Classroom Social Climate on Individual Learning

1970 • 101 citations

The Personal Setting of Public Opinions: A Study of Attitudes Toward Russia

1947 • 99 citations

The Psychology of Human Differences

1957 • 91 citations

UNIVERSITIES QUARTERLY.

1954 • 84 citations

Encyclopaedia of Educational Research

1984 • 83 citations

Recent research on attitudes concerning science

1969 • 82 citations

CLASSROOM CLIMATE AND GROUP LEARNING.

1967 • 75 citations

Public Opinion About Science and Scientists

1959 • 73 citations

Intelligence and personality

1970 • 61 citations

Effects of the laboratory and demonstration methods upon the outcomes of instruction in secondary biology

1969 • 57 citations

Review of the research and evaluation program of harvard project physics

1973 • 55 citations

Techniques for estimating the source and direction of causal influence in panel data.

1968 • 55 citations

The Personal Setting of Public Opinions: A Study of Attitudes Toward Russia

1947 • 53 citations

Encouraging Children to Learn: The Encouragement Process

1965 • 48 citations

Dimensions of scientific interests in boys and girls studying physics

1967 • 44 citations

Reactions of pupils to Nuffield science teaching project trial materials in England at the ordinary level of the general certificate of education

1970 • 43 citations

Self-Concepts of High- and Low-Curiosity Boys

1970 • 43 citations

THE ‘SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS’ FACTOR IN ATTITUDES TO SCIENCE

1971 • 38 citations

Intelligence from American Scientific Stations

1884 • 38 citations

The measurement of science interests: An operational and multidimensional approach

1961 • 37 citations

The Physical Science Study Committee

1962 • 34 citations

SELF-CONCEPTS OF HIGH- AND LOW-CURIOSITY BOYS

1970 • 33 citations

From Each according to Her Ability

1972 • 31 citations

Sex differences in achievement, attitudes, and personality of science students: A review

1974 • 30 citations

An experimental investigation of the effects of structured science experiences on curiosity among fourth grade children

1969 • 28 citations

Teacher characteristics and student learning

1969 • 28 citations

Physics teacher characteristics and student learning

1969 • 28 citations

Radioastronomy from space

1970 • 27 citations

Children's attitudes towards elementary school science

1966 • 27 citations

Teacher Variables of Warmth, Demand and Utilization of Intrinsic Motivation Related to Pupils’ Science Interests

1961 • 27 citations

Contemporary Studies in the Curriculum

1975 • 26 citations

Statement of purposes and objectives of science education in school

1964 • 26 citations

Curiosity in young children.

1970 • 25 citations

A determination of commonalities of science interests held by intermediate grade children in Inner‐City, Suburban, and rural schools

1972 • 25 citations

AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF CHILDREN'S ATTITUDE TO SCHOOL IN AUCKLAND, N.Z.

1956 • 25 citations

“Development of an Attitude Measuring Instrument for Science Education”

1966 • 23 citations

Measuring Attitudes Toward Science

1963 • 22 citations

OPINIONS ABOUT CAREERS AMONG SCOTTISH SECONDARY SCHOOL CHILDREN OF HIGH ABILITY

1968 • 22 citations

An Investigation of the ‘Swing from Science’

1969 • 22 citations

Reactive Curiosity and Manifest Anxiety in Children

1965 • 22 citations

A new reliability maximization procedure for likert scales

1972 • 20 citations

A comparative study of factors in vocational interest scores of high school boys.

1935 • 20 citations

Grade level, cognition, and affect: A cross-section of classroom perceptions.

1973 • 19 citations

RESEARCH ON TEACHER EFFECTS: CRITIQUE OF A TRADITIONAL PARADIGM

1974 • 19 citations

Discrimination Against Women in Science Education.

1973 • 18 citations

Intellectual Style and High School Science

1968 • 18 citations

Science teaching and the affective attributes of scientists

1970 • 18 citations

Science Education: Research 1973.

1973 • 18 citations

Comment on roles of activation and inhibition in sex differences in cognitive abilities.

1969 • 17 citations

An attempt to measure scientific attitudes

1965 • 17 citations

A study of curiosity factors in first grade children

1968 • 16 citations

THE STRUCTURE OF ABILITIES, INTERESTS AND PERSONALITY IN 1,000 SCOTTISH SCHOOL CHILDREN

1969 • 14 citations

Some characteristics of high school physics students: Circa 1968

1969 • 14 citations

Multiple Factor Analysis

1973 • 13 citations

Reply to the "Comment" by Singer and Montgomery on "Roles of activation and inhibition in sex differences in cognitive abilities."

1969 • 13 citations

Social and Subject Factors in Attitudes to Science.

1973 • 13 citations

Experience Patterns as Related To Vocational Preference

1956 • 13 citations

Factors Related to Scientific Attitudes within the Secondary Schools of an Australian City

1963 • 13 citations

A Generalized Scale for Measuring Interest in Science Subjects

1951 • 13 citations

SCALE PROPERTIES OF THE INTEREST INDEX

1965 • 13 citations

Measuring specific interests in biological, physical and earth sciences in intermediate grade levels

1973 • 13 citations

Factors Related to Pupil Observation Reports of Teachers and Attitudes Toward their Teacher

1971 • 12 citations

An evaluation of children's performance on certain cognitive, affective, and motivational aspects of the interaction unit of the science curriculum improvement study

1972 • 11 citations

Effectiveness and effects of ESSP astronomy materials—an illustrative study of evaluation in a curriculum development project

1969 • 11 citations

Expository‐deductive versus discovery‐inductive programming of physical science principles

1969 • 11 citations

Review of research 1968‐69 in secondary level science

1972 • 11 citations

Correlates of courses satisfaction in high school physics

1969 • 10 citations

Sex Differences in Achievement in Science and the Expectations of Teachers

1971 • 10 citations

Chaos in science teaching

1970 • 10 citations

Some Aspects of the Student's Attitude in Science Courses

1966 • 10 citations

Changes in physics students in three states over a two year period

1971 • 10 citations

Factors related to gain and loss of scientific interest during high school

1967 • 10 citations

Science, Scientists and "Scientific Attitudes".

1973 • 9 citations

Perceptions of High School Physics and Physics Teachers

1971 • 9 citations

Stability of High-School Students' Interests in Science and in Mathematics

1952 • 9 citations

THE SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS OF SENIOR SCHOOL CHILDREN

1939 • 9 citations

Biology teachers and their attitudes concerning BSCS

1965 • 9 citations

Concepts of science and scientists among college students

1970 • 9 citations

A note on a possible alternative to Likert scales

1973 • 9 citations

The measurement of a scientific attitude-curiosity

1973 • 9 citations

Changing attitudes toward science: Undergraduates in 1967 and 1971

1972 • 8 citations

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1961 • 8 citations

AN ANALYSIS OF THE CHOICE OF SUBJECTS IN THE SIXTH FORM

1967 • 8 citations

Traits associated with the initial and persistent interest in the study of college science

1972 • 8 citations

Concepts of Science and Scientists as Factors Affecting Subject Choice in Secondary Schools.

1973 • 8 citations

The Widening Gap: Attitudes of First-Year Students and Staff towards Chemistry, Science, Careers and Commitment

1971 • 8 citations

The relationship between academic achievement in science and father's occupation

1973 • 8 citations

Measures of Association for the Component Analysis of Likert Scale Data

1973 • 7 citations

The flight from science reconsidered: Career choice of science and engineering in the 1950's and 1960's

1973 • 7 citations

THE EFFECT OF PROJECT WORK ON THE ATTITUDES TO SCIENCE HELD BY SIXTH‐FORM PUPILS

1973 • 7 citations

Attitude Assessment in Science Teaching.

1972 • 7 citations

ATTITUDES OF CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS IN SCHOOL

1961 • 7 citations

THE MYTH OF ‘SUBJECT‐MINDEDNESS’

1960 • 6 citations

Changes in Some Content-Free Skills, Knowledge, and Attitudes During Two Terms of Grade 12 Biology Instruction in Ten South Australian Schools.

1972 • 6 citations

Investigating the Attitudes Toward Science Fostered by the Process Approach Program

1972 • 6 citations

Teacher personality characteristics and attitudes concerning PSSC physics

1967 • 6 citations

An analysis of the pass‐fail grading system as compared to the conventional grading system in high school chemistry

1973 • 6 citations

The development and evaluation of physical science curriculum materials designed to improve student attitudes

1972 • 6 citations

Children's interests.

2006 • 5 citations

Independent study evokes good student attitudes

1970 • 5 citations

An Evaluation of Children's Performance on Certain Cognitive, Affective, and Motivational Aspects of the Interaction Unit of the Science Curriculum Improvement Study Elementary Science Program.

1972 • 5 citations

The Development of an ‘Attitude to Science’ Scale for 12-14 Year Olds

1973 • 5 citations

A Comparison Between Inductive and Illustrative Laboratories in College Biology

1965 • 4 citations

Student outcomes with rotation of teachers in secondary biology

1967 • 4 citations

Evaluation of the PSNS course. I: Design and implementation

1972 • 4 citations

Student Attitudes Toward the Sciences and the Humanities

1968 • 4 citations

Changes on Affective Domain Objectives During Two Years of Physics Study in Victorian Schools.

1971 • 4 citations

Changes in Attitudes of PSSC Physics Students: A Third Look.

1974 • 4 citations

Thurstone Interest Schedule.

1948 • 4 citations

Characteristics of a Generalized Attitude Toward Science*

1969 • 4 citations

A semantic differential approach to the delineation of scientific values possessed by professors of science and humanities

1972 • 4 citations

Television instruction and the attainment of objectives for a ninth grade physical science course

1967 • 4 citations

AN ENQUIRY INTO FACTORS ACCOMPANYING SECONDARY SCHOOL PUPILS’ INTEREST IN SCIENCE

1960 • 3 citations

An Analysis of the Interests of Secondary School Pupils: A Factorial Study Leading to the Construction of a Diagnostic Test

1962 • 3 citations

The physical science study committee (3) the planning and structure of the course

1960 • 3 citations

Responses to science concepts on a semantic differential instrument and achievement in freshman physics and chemistry

1967 • 3 citations

Reed science activity inventory: A validation study

1972 • 3 citations

Inner—other direction as the critical factor in scientific career choice

1969 • 2 citations

Dynamic structure and science bias

1973 • 2 citations

A Poll of College Freshmen on High School Physics.

1970 • 2 citations

Science and the below Average Student

1973 • 2 citations

Content centered vs. process centered biology laboratories part III: The relationship of student values to success

1970 • 2 citations

Changes in Attitudes of P.S.S.C. Physics Students: A Second Look.

1973 • 2 citations

College introductory physical science

1972 • 2 citations

NOTES: A Poll of College Freshmen on High School Physics

1970 • 1 citations

Deleted Work

1955 • 0 citations