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Developing attitudes to science scales
Introduction of the National Literacy Strategy and Numeracy Strategy profoundly impacted science
Less time spent of science
Timetabled in the afternoon
Children enjoy practical and creative science
Teachers
Poor subject knowledge
Lack of confidence and competence
Suggestions
More training provided to help change teaching approaches
Increased intellectual challenge to restore enthusiasm
Likert Scale
Five point Likert scale using a 'smiley face' developed by Mortimore et al
Developed by West et al who put it in a simple questionnaire format
Makes collection and analysis of large quantities of data achievable
Often open-ended questions are asked in addition to this
Findings
Children enjoy hands-on science and finding out what happens, but are less enthusiastic about finding out why it happens
Other studies support this notion that children enjoy practical work and the collaborative process of working with others
Prefer to be directed rather than finding out what to do for temselves
Some children acknowledge the importance of science in wider society, commenting on how it promotes health and has contributed to providing better medicine
Science is perceived as a difficult subject, becoming less so as they got older
Enthusiasm declined as perception of difficulty declined, suggesting children prefer the challenge
Study looked at children's attitudes to science (both in school and in society) and science experiments