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Title: The Examination of the Relationship between Scientific Literacy and Some Cognitively Based Individual Differences in Terms of Gender
Language: English
Authors: Sahin, Feride (ORCID 0000-0003-0059-901X), Ates, Salih (ORCID 0000-0003-0425-0982)
Source: Electronic Journal for Research in Science & Mathematics Education. 2023 27(2):120-139.
Availability: Southwestern University and Texas Christian University. TCU Box 297900, Fort Worth, TX 76129. Tel: 817-257-6115; e-mail: ICRSME.Consultation@gmail.com; Web site: http://ejrsme.icrsme.com
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 20
Publication Date: 2023
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education
Grade 7
Junior High Schools
Middle Schools
Secondary Education
Descriptors: Scientific Literacy, Correlation, Individual Differences, Gender Differences, Student Characteristics, Logical Thinking, Thinking Skills, Cognitive Style, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Processes, Spatial Ability, Grade 7, Foreign Countries, Visualization
Geographic Terms: Turkey (Ankara)
Assessment and Survey Identifiers: Test of Logical Thinking, Group Embedded Figures Test, Vandenberg Mental Rotations Test
ISSN: 2692-241X
Abstract: The aim of this study is to examine whether the structural model that Sahin and Ates (2020) put forward about the relationship among students' scientific literacy levels, logical thinking ability, cognitive styles, mental capacity, and mental rotation ability differ in terms of gender. A causal-comparative model approach was used in this study. The sample of the research was 823 seventh-grade students in the central districts of Ankara. This sample was created using the random stratified sampling method. In the study, it is seen that 64% of the variance in the scientific literacy scores of the females and 48% of the variance in the scientific literacy scores of the males are explained by the cognitively based variables. Comparing male and female students in the data analyses, the predictive effect of the mental rotation ability of female students on the logical thinking ability was not significant. In male students, when only the direct effects were examined, the effect of cognitive styles on scientific literacy was not significant. Based on the results of the study, it is thought that examining the interactions among the activities related to learning, teaching, and assessment process used in science classes, and cognitive styles will play an important role in the process of removing inequalities of opportunity arising from possible gender-cognitive style interaction in the process of raising scientifically literate individuals.
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Entry Date: 2023
Accession Number: EJ1395882
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