Dear suzieq1,
The Test Of Science Related Attitudes (ToSRA) was developed by Prof.
Barry Fraser of Curtin University of Technology in Bentley, Western
Australia. As its name tells, it is aimed to examine the attitudes of
students towards science and their "scientific inclination". It is "a
70-item self-report instrument that is designed to obtain information
about a person's attitude toward science."
The test survey is unfortunately not present online (perhaps due to
copyright reasons) and you could find it in the following sources:
In the book Fraser, B. J. (1981). Test of science-related attitudes.
Hawthorne, Victoria: The Australian Council for Educational Research.
Or, you could download it in an electronic form (for $25) at Digital
River - http://www.digitalriver.com/dr/v2/ec_MAIN.Entry17c?SP=10007&cid=0&sid=30027&pn=5&pid=510001&DSP=&CUR=840&PGRP=0&CACHE_ID=0
Naturally, it is also present in microfilm form in many universities.
You could read more about the test at:
Fraser, B. J. (1978). Development of a test of science-related
attitudes. Science Education, 62,509-515.
If you're interested in Prof. Fraser, the developer of the test, you
might want to read his homepage, at :
http://www.curtin.edu.au/curtin/dept/smec/staff/fraser.html (you could
also contact him, using the email address on the page).
A second ToSRA was developed "Based on the original 70-item Test of
Science Related Attitudes (TOSRA) developed by Fraser (1981), the
TOSRA2 is comprised of two 35-statement questionnaires
(pretest/posttest). It can be used with adults and children to
evaluate changes in attitudes in five scales (social implications of
science, normality of scientists, attitude to scientific inquiry,
adoption of scientific attitudes, enjoyment of science lessons,
leisure interest in science, and career interest in science)".
You could find cached versions of it at:
http://216.239.39.100/search?q=cache:PnCxL9YBxLUJ:www.cplusr.com/forms/tosra2-pre.htm+%22Test+of+Science+RElated+Attitudes%22+&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
http://216.239.39.100/search?q=cache:p3WbtDCJImIJ:www.cplusr.com/forms/tosra2-post.htm+%22Test+of+Science+RElated+Attitudes%22+&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
The Simpson Troost test also provides us with tools to study attitudes
among students: " One of the first goals of the 1982 Simpson and
Troost study was to develop a deeper understanding of the factors that
lead to higher levels of commitment to science among adolescent
students, with an ultimate goal of learning how to increase this
commitment" (Source: James E. Spellman and J. Steve Oliver, "THE
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ATTITUDE TOWARD SCIENCE WITH ENROLLMENT IN A 4x4
BLOCK SCHEDULE" http://www.ed.psu.edu/CI/Journals/2001aets/s5_04_spellman_oliver.rtf).
Again, probably due to copyright reasons, this is not present online.
It could be found at:
Simpson, R. D. & Troost, K. M. (1982). Influences on commitment to
and learning of science among adolescent students. Science Education,
66(5), 763-781.
You could find Prof. Troost page here -
http://sasw.chass.ncsu.edu/s&a/faculty/troost/troost_vita.html
And Prof. Simpson's here: http://www.uga.edu/ihe/FacSimpsonR.html
I hope this answered your question. I searched the databases for the
documents you were looking for, and later also for the names of the
people. If you need any clarification on my answer, please let me
know. I'd be pleased to clarify my question before you rate it. |
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