In an effort to increase biological and general scientific literacy to meet the needs of an increasingly scientifically literate society, this study evaluated the attitudes and self-efficacy of 128 students in a non-majors college biology course in an urban private university in North Texas. The students used the Attitudes Toward Science Inventory (ATSI) for attitude and the Biology Self-Efficacy Scale (BSES) for self-efficacy at the beginning of the semester and again after ten weeks of instruction. Data from the ATSI and the BSES were analyzed to determine a relationship between attitude and self-efficacy and to evaluate changes due to instruction. Correlations were significant and t-tests reflected an increase in positive attitudes and a decrease in self-efficacy after instruction.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:TCU/oai:etd.tcu.edu:etd-04182008-141547 |
| Date | 18 April 2008 |
| Creators | Schruba, Anne Elizabeth |
| Contributors | Janet A Kelly |
| Publisher | Texas Christian University |
| Source Sets | Texas Christian University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf, application/msword |
| Source | http://etd.tcu.edu/etdfiles/available/etd-04182008-141547/ |
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