NAME: ___________________________________ Test of Science Related Attitudes (TOSRA) (Fraser, 1981) irections: 1.

This test contains a number of statements about science. You will be asked what you think about these statements. There are no right or wrong answers. Your opinion is what is wanted. 2. For each statement, draw a circle around the specific numeric alue corresponding to how you feel about each statement. !lease circle onl" ONE #alue $er state%ent& ! " #trongly $gree %#$& ' " $gree %$& ( " )ncertain %)& 2 " *isagree %*& 1 " #trongly *isagree %#*&

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1. +oney spent on science is well worth spending. 2. #cientists usually like to go to their laboratories when they ha e a day off. (. , would prefer to find out why something happens by doing an e-periment than be being told. '. , en.oy reading about things that disagree with my pre ious ideas. !. #cience lessons are fun. /. , would like to belong to a science club. 0. , would dislike being a scientist after , lea e school. 1. #cience is man2s worst enemy. 3. #cientists are about as fit and healthy as other people. 14. *oing e-periments is not as good as finding out information from teachers. 11. , dislike repeating e-periments to check that , get the same results. 12. , dislike science lessons. 1(. , get bored when watching science programs on T5 at home. 1'. 6hen , lea e school, , would like to work with people who make disco eries in science.

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1!. 7ublic money spent on science in the last few years has been used widely. 1/. #cientists do not ha e enough time to spend with their families. 10. , would prefer to do e-periments rather than to read about them. 11. , am curious about the world in which we li e. 13. #chool should ha e more science lessons each week. 24. , would like to be gi en a science book or a piece of science e8uipment as a present. 21. , would dislike a .ob in a science laboratory after , lea e school. 22. #cientific disco eries are doing more harm than good. 2(. #cientists like sports as much as other people do. 2'. , would rather agree with other people than do an e-periment to find out for myself. 2!. Finding out about new things is unimportant. 2/. #cience lessons bore me. 20. , dislike reading books about science during my holidays. 21. 6orking in a science laboratory would be an interesting way to earn a li ing. 23. The go ernment should spend more money on scientific research. (4. #cientists are less friendly than other people. (1. , would prefer to do my own e-periments than to find out information from a teacher. (2. , like to listen to people whose opinions are different from mine. ((. #cience is one of the most interesting school sub.ects. ('. , would like to do science e-periments at home. (!. $ career in science would be dull and boring. (/. Too many laboratories are being built at the e-pense of the rest of education. (0. #cientists can ha e a normal family life. (1. , would rather find out things by asking an e-pert than by doing an e-periment. (3. , find it boring to hear about new ideas.

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'4. #cience lessons are a waste of time. '1. Talking to my friends about science after school would be boring. '2. , would like to teach science when , lea e school. '(. #cience helps to make life better. ''. #cientists do not care about their working conditions. '!. , would rather sol e a problem by doing an e-periment than be told the answer. '/. ,n science e-periments, , like to use new methods which , ha e not used before. '0. , really en.oy going to science lessons. '1. , would en.oy ha ing a .ob in a science laboratory during my school holidays. '3. $ .ob as a scientist would be boring. !4. This country is spending too much money on science. !1. #cientists are .ust as interested in art and music as other people are. !2. ,t is better to ask a teacher the answer than to find it out by doing e-periments. !(. , am unwilling to change my ideas when e idence shows that the ideas are poor. !'. The material co ered in science lessons is uninteresting. !!. 9istening to talk about science on the radio would be boring. !/. $ .ob as a scientist would be interesting. !0. #cience can help to make the world a better place in the future. !1. Few scientists are happily married. !3. , would prefer to do an e-periment on a topic than to read about it in science maga:ines. /4. ,n science e-periments, , report une-pected results as well as e-pected ones. /1. , look forward to science lessons. /2. , would en.oy isiting a science museum on the weekend. /(. , would dislike becoming a scientist because it needs too much education.

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/'. +oney used on scientific pro.ects is wasted. /!. ,f you met a scientist, he;she would probably look like anyone else you might meet. //. ,t is better to be told scientific facts than to find them out from e-periments. /0. , dislike other peoples2 opinions. /1. , would en.oy school more if there were no science lessons. /3. , dislike reading newspaper articles about science. 04. , would like to be a scientist when , lea e school.

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