Lawson classroom test of scientific reasoning at entrance university level
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61989592%3A15310%2F21%3A73610230" target="_blank" >RIV/61989592:15310/21:73610230 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://balticste.com/BalticSTE21_Proceedings.pdf" target="_blank" >https://balticste.com/BalticSTE21_Proceedings.pdf</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.33225/BalticSTE/2021.74" target="_blank" >10.33225/BalticSTE/2021.74</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Lawson classroom test of scientific reasoning at entrance university level
Original language description
The Lawson classroom test of scientific reasoning is a quite popular and widely used tool that measures the level and development of the student's scientific reasoning skills. In this contribution, the results of this test for the N=446 students of the Faculty of Science Palacký University Olomouc from the years 2018-2020 at the beginning of their study were analysed. Calculation of the standard characteristics of the test items (difficulty index, discrimination index and point biserial coefficient) confirms that the test meets the required criteria for the included questions and its overall consistency. Performing the Mann-Whitney rank test with a standard significance level α = .05, the statistically significant difference between males and females was found, on the other hand, no statistically significant difference between the students preparing for their prospective teacher careers and those with technical specializations in chemistry or physics was identified. This contradicts a common belief that students choosing teacher preparation programmes are generally worse in scientific performance and technical subjects. The results also show that about a quoter of the students come to university with a low level of their scientific reasoning skills which should be therefore supported and further developed in lecturing and teaching.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
D - Article in proceedings
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50301 - Education, general; including training, pedagogy, didactics [and education systems]
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2021
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Article name in the collection
Science and technology education: Developing a global perspective. Proceedings of the 4 th International Baltic Symposium on Science and Technology Education (BalticSTE2021)
ISBN
978-609-95513-8-8
ISSN
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e-ISSN
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Number of pages
12
Pages from-to
74-85
Publisher name
Scientia Socialis Press
Place of publication
Šiauliai
Event location
Šiauliai , Litva - on-line
Event date
Jun 21, 2021
Type of event by nationality
WRD - Celosvětová akce
UT code for WoS article
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