Grade 10 science students' understanding of the nature of science (Thai)

Abstract

This research aimed to study grade 10 science students' understanding of the nature of science. The Nature of Science questionnaire was used to collect data from 3 public schools in Bangkok in the first semester of academic year 2006. The data analyses were coding, categorizing and descriptive statistics. It was found that students were able to describe the nature of science using several tenets including science is tentative, requires observation and inference. However, students held misconception about science in certain aspects: methods to acquire scientific knowledge, meaning and construction of theory and law, factors that influence scientists' work and the influence of social and cultural milieu on science