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

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Hauptverfasser: Suarez, Alvaro, Baccino, Daniel, Monteiro, Martin, Marti, Arturo C.
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author Suarez, Alvaro
Baccino, Daniel
Monteiro, Martin
Marti, Arturo C.
author_facet Suarez, Alvaro
Baccino, Daniel
Monteiro, Martin
Marti, Arturo C.
contents 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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spellingShingle Differences in the attitudes and beliefs about science of students in the physics-mathematics and life sciences areas and their impact on teaching
Suarez, Alvaro
Baccino, Daniel
Monteiro, Martin
Marti, Arturo C.
Physics Education
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.
title Differences in the attitudes and beliefs about science of students in the physics-mathematics and life sciences areas and their impact on teaching
topic Physics Education
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2202.11680