Psychometric reevaluation of the scientific attitude inventory‐revised (SAI‐II)     

Michael J. Lichtenstein  Steven V. Owen  Cheryl L. Blalock  Yan Liu  Kacy A. Ramirez  Linda A. Pruski  Carolyn E. Marshall  Mary Anne Toepperwein 《科学教学研究杂志》2008,45(5):600-616

The central purposes of this study were to review the development and evolution of the Scientific Attitude Inventory (SAI) and then reevaluate the psychometric properties of the revised form of the SAI, the Scientific Attitude Inventory II (SAI‐II). The SAI‐II was administered to a convenience sample of 543 middle and high school students from five teachers in four schools in four school districts in San Antonio, Texas, at the beginning of the 2004–2005 school year. Confirmatory factor analysis on the full data set failed to support the existence of a 12‐factor structure (as proposed by the scale developers) or a one‐factor structure. The data were then randomly divided into exploratory [exploratory factor analysis (EFA)] validation and confirmatory [confirmatory factor analysis (CFA)] cross‐validation sets. Exploratory and confirmatory models yielded a three‐factor solution that did not fit the data well [χ² (321) = 646, p < .001; RMSEA = .061 (.90 CI = .054–.068); and CFI = .81]. The three factors were labeled “Science is About Understanding and Explaining” (13 items), “Science is Rigid” (6 items), and “I Want to Be a Scientist” (8 items). The α‐coefficients for these three factors ranged from 0.59 to 0.85. Whether these identified subscales are valid will require independent investigation. In this sample, and consistent with prior publications, the SAI‐II in its current form did not have satisfactory psychometric properties and cannot be recommended for further use. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Res Sci Teach 45: 600–616, 2008  相似文献   

The role of discordant acculturation attitudes in perceived threat: An analysis of host and immigrant attitudes in Germany   总被引：3，自引：3，他引：0  

Anette Rohmann  Arnd Florack  Ursula Piontkowski 《Int J Intercult Relat》2006,30(6):683

The present research examines discordant acculturation attitudes of host society members and immigrants as an antecedent to intergroup threat. Based on integrated threat theory and the concordance model of acculturation, we posited that discordance on culture maintenance and on desire for contact would predict intergroup threat beyond the influence of other antecedents of threat, such as in-group identification, knowledge, and negative contact. A study with 202 German host society members and 151 Turkish and Italian immigrants was conducted. In line with our assumptions, path analyses revealed that culture discordance and contact discordance contribute independently to the prediction of realistic threat, symbolic threat, and intergroup anxiety for host society members and immigrants. Moreover, differences in threat between cultures were mediated by the discordance in acculturation attitudes.  相似文献   

从汉英“同性恋”词语看中西方社会对同性恋现象的态度     

兰冰 《昆明师范高等专科学校学报》2010,32(4):78-81

同性恋现象是人类社会中存在的一种社会现象。汉英两种语言出现了许多对＂同性恋＂的称呼,从其中的一些词语中可以看出不同历史时期的社会对同性恋现象的态度。从词义表现方面看,同性恋词语的称呼经历了从贬义、犯罪、医学科学用语到中性词义的变化。这些词语反映出不同时代人们对同性恋的态度和认识,体现不同时代的社会文化价值取向及对同性恋现象认识程度。  相似文献   

消费者对竞猜型体彩的态度、信念对其产品口碑传播的影响研究     

张瑞林  李凌  贾文帅 《北京体育大学学报》2018,41(12):26-35

摘要：口碑传播可以有效预测并提高产品的销量。从消费者资产价值的视角出发,以消费者对竞猜型体育彩票的态度和信念与其产品口碑传播意向间的影响关系为研究对象,运用相关、回归等分析方法,探讨了态度和信念及其两者的交互项对产品口碑传播意向的影响作用。研究结果表明：态度和信念均能显著提升消费者对竞猜型体育彩票的产品口碑传播意向,但信念提高产品口碑传播意向的程度要大于态度;态度和信念的交互项对竞猜型体育彩票消费者的产品口碑传播意向也具有显著的提升作用,且只有在弱信念条件下,消费者对竞猜型体育彩票的态度和信念才会存在正向交互效应,而在强信念条件下这种交互效应并不存在。研究认为,在制定竞猜型体育彩票营销策略时,不仅要关注竞猜型体育彩票消费者的认知信息和情感信息,更需要重视消费者对竞猜型体育彩票的信念;在对竞猜型体育彩票发动产品口碑传播策略时,营销管理人员应尽量选择具有弱信念、强态度特质的消费者作为该策略的参与者。  相似文献   

Constructing dominant masculinity and negotiating the 'male gaze'     

Christine Skelton 《International Journal of Inclusive Education》2013,17(1):17-31

One of the suggested strategies for tackling boys' underachievement is for primary schools to recruit more men teachers to provide boys with positive male role models. However, little is known of how those men teachers already working in primary schools contribute towards the construction of dominant modes of masculinity in schools or how girls engage with those dominant forms. This paper sets out to explore the ways in which two male teachers of one primary class contributed towards the development and maintenance of a particular mode of masculinity. It will be shown that male teachers'attitudes and behaviours were crucial to the construction of a mode of masculinity framed around white, middle-class values (‘intelligence’ and ‘proficiency’) and contextualized within an environment reminiscent of an exclusive men's sports club. It will further be shown how, during the course of the year, the girls devised strategies that challenged the heterosexualized behaviours of one of their male teachers by reversing the ‘male gaze’.  相似文献   

Inclusion of pupils with intellectual disabilities: primary school teachers' attitudes and willingness in a rural area in Uganda     

Patrick Ojok 《International Journal of Inclusive Education》2013,17(9):1003-1021

Teachers in regular schools have a responsibility to accommodate the needs and interests of all learners. The attitudes and willingness of teachers to include learners with intellectual disabilities in their classes in regular schools in a district with a semi-nomadic pastoral population in north-eastern Uganda was investigated. A survey of 125 school teachers was conducted, using an attitude scale and a willingness sub-scale. The results showed slightly more positive than negative attitudes, and more willingness than unwillingness to teach learners with intellectual disabilities. Attendance of workshops and seminars had a positive impact on teacher attitudes and willingness towards inclusive education. The findings are discussed with reference to historical–cultural characteristics of the district, as well as pupil and teacher characteristics.  相似文献   

The influences of inductive instruction and resources on students' attitudes toward reading: evidence from PISA 2009     

Fang-Hua Jhang 《Educational Research and Evaluation》2013,19(5):386-410

The declining trend in the positive reading attitude of students' has concerned scholars. This paper aims to apply a 3-level hierarchical linear model to analyse how inductive instruction and resources influence both students' positive and negative attitudes towards reading. Approximately 470,000 15-year-old students, and their school principals, from 65 countries completed a questionnaire, which was designed by the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). In line with previous research, gender, the student–teacher relationship, online academic searches, and reading habits are correlated with both positive and negative reading attitudes. Multilevel results show that reading attitudes improved when a school provides a context in which inductive instruction has been enforced. The natural log value of gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in a country is statistically significantly negative when associated with a student's positive and negative reading attitudes. Further, in a country with largely unqualified teachers, school-level inductive teaching lowers the negative attitude.  相似文献   

Provision of Special Education Services to Youth in Local Jails     

Mary Alice Garber 《Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties》2013,18(1):41-50

The Alexandria Virginia Office of the Sheriff and the Alexandria Virginia Public School Board participated for two years in a state funded grant which focused on the delivery of special education services and regular compulsory education services to juveniles and young adults through the age of 21 years who were committed to the Alexandra Adult Detention Center. Provision of special education services to eligible individuals in jails is a unique concept and rarely provided given the transient, short-term nature of the population and other demands of the setting. The program model of team teaching supported full time inclusion of special education students with the general and compulsory education programs in the jail.  相似文献   

Sex education and cultural values: experiences and attitudes of Latina immigrant women     

Maria Elena Villar  Maritza Concha 《Sex education》2013,13(5):545-554

The paper aims to further explore the role that culture plays in the provision and assimilation of sex education among Latina immigrants in the USA. To accomplish this, researchers conducted focus groups and interviews with 30 women from Central and South America who have lived in the USA for at least five years. Participants were asked to reflect on their experience with sex education in their home country and in the USA, and to assess how their attitudes towards sex education may impact their behavioural choices as parents and as sexually-active women. The findings demonstrate a wide range of views that did not follow patterns by common demographical proxy variables, suggesting that such variables are not enough to predict adoption of new cultural values that are different from their family's traditional norms. Instead, adherence to traditional cultural beliefs appeared to be a better predictor of attitudes and behaviours.  相似文献   

Piecing together the puzzle: development of the Societal Attitudes towards Autism (SATA) scale     

Luci N. Flood  Amanda Bulgrin  Betsy L. Morgan 《Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs》2013,13(2):121-128

The rise in the prevalence of autism creates a need for a reliable and valid measure of attitudes towards autism. The current study describes the development of a brief 16‐ item measure of Societal Attitudes towards Autism (SATA) that exhibits sound psychometric properties and has a demonstrated ability to discriminate between expert and general college student samples. The final SATA was the result of pilot work on 75 items and exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses on a 45‐item version with 475 undergraduates. Knowledge and personal distance subscales yielded inconsistent reliability and validity outcomes. The SATA showed strong content and construct validity as evidenced by known groups discrimination, and predicted associations with an attitude towards disability measure, an autism preference item, and a measure of implicit attitudes towards disabilities.  相似文献