期刊名称：Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education
印刷版ISSN：1305-8223
电子版ISSN：1305-8223
出版年度：2018
卷号：14
期号：10
页码：1-20
DOI：10.29333/ejmste/93677
出版社：Pamukkale Univ Dept Sci Education
摘要：This study examines students’ conceptualization of scientific method from three
perspectives: (a) participation in an international science fair, (b) gender differences,
and (c) participation from different geographic regions worldwide. An online Word
Association Test (WAT) with 10 stimulus words that are associated with scientific
method was administered to high school students from more than 35 countries.
Findings indicated that the semantic network of students who participated in the ISWEEEP
Olympiad had stronger connections among the 10 key concepts compared to
that of non-I-SWEEEP students. Findings also revealed that male participants overall
had a more complex semantic network of scientific method than their female
counterparts. In addition, students from Americas, mostly U.S., had a more complex
conception of scientific method than their counterparts from Eastern Europe and Asia.
Results have implications about understanding affordances of science fairs in
conceptualization of scientific method and about addressing gender and geographic
differences.
关键词：scientific method; science olympiad; semantic networks; Word Association;
Test (WAT); I-SWEEEP
