The views of the 8th grade students about nature of scientific knowledge

AbstractThis study aims to investigate the 8th grade students’ view about the features of scientific knowledge considering the effect of gender and the students’ residence. The total number of 189 students from randomly chosed schools in three different settlements of Eskisehir, Turkey participated in the study. Students’ views of the nature of scientific knowledge was assessed by the Nature of Science Knowledge Scale (NSKS). MANOVA was used to analyze the data. Results indicated that students generally hold double-minded and unsatisfactory views on the nature of scientific knowledge. Additionally, results revealed statistically significant differences in the students’ perceptions of nature of scientific knowledge by gender