A Science Educator's and a Psychologists' Perspective on Research about Science Anxiety [microform] / Mary E. Westerback and Louis H. Primavera
- Bib ID:
- 5558263
- Format:
- Book and Microform
- Author:
- Westerback, Mary E
- Online Version:
- https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED357977
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- [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1992
- 46 p.
- Summary:
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This document reviews the research related to students' and teachers' anxiety related to science and the teaching of science in order to better understand the relationships between the variables that can predict this phenomenon. The research reports reviewed used either the Science State Trait Anxiety Inventory or the Science Teaching State Trait Anxiety Inventory in gathering their data. These inventories allow the researcher to change title headings within the inventory to allow the researcher to examine particular situations. Findings for the report are presented according to titles on the state anxiety scale that measure for anxiety about science and teaching science; anxiety about specific tasks; and anxiety about different science courses. The summary of the findings discusses the following variables that emerged from the analysis: (1) attitude toward science; (2) anxiety about teaching; (3) achievement; (4) examination format; (5) content courses; (6) achievement on a specific task in a content course; (7) gender; (8) confidence; (9) self efficacy; (10) demographic variables; (11) long term effects; (12) impact on teacher classroom performance; and (13) children's anxiety. Conclusions discuss the need for a model to explain how anxiety and related variables affect learning in science and for continued research in this area. A list of 28 references is included. (MDH)
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- ERIC Note: Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (Boston, MA, March 22, 1992).
- May also be available online. Address as at 14/8/18: https://eric.ed.gov/
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- Microfiche. [Washington D.C.]: ERIC Clearinghouse microfiches : positive.
- Subject:
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- Affective Measures
- Anxiety
- Attitude Measures
- Elementary Secondary Education
- Higher Education
- Literature Reviews
- Predictor Variables
- Science Achievement
- Science Education
- Science Instruction
- Scientific Attitudes
- Self Esteem
- Sex Differences
- Student Attitudes
- Teacher Attitudes
- Test Construction
- Science Anxiety
- Science State Trait Anxiety Inventory Science Teaching State Trait Anxiety Inventory Subject Content Knowledge
- Other authors/contributors:
- Primavera, Louis H, author
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- ERIC
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