A Review on Assessment of Scientific Attitudes of School Students: A case study of Indonesia

Abstract

Scientific attitude is essential for school students as it cultivates a mindset of inquiry, critical thinking, and evidence-based reasoning. Assessment of the scientific attitude of school students is crucial because it assesses essential skills and dispositions foundational to scientific thinking and inquiry. By assessing and fostering scientific attitudes, educators can empower students to be evolved as critical thinkers, lifelong learners, and active participants in a scientifically literate society. Using the Web of Science Database, this study systematically reviews the research papers published during 2001-2023 on assessing the scientific attitude of school students in Indonesia. It provides insight into the impact of science activities on students’ scientific attitudes, a measurement of scientific attitudes, and an in-depth analysis of the factors impacting the scientific attitudes of school students. From this review, it can be concluded that after using different practical teaching methods as compared to conventional methods, there is a significant increase in the scientific attitude of school students. All the cases studied quantitative measurements of scientific attitudes of the students. The topic like relationship between scientific attitude and academic achievement remains unexplored in the reviewed literature. The dominance of quantitative approach and absence of both qualitative as well as mixed method researches are observed in these literature. This issue may be considered as an interesting topic of research in the field of science education.