Abstract:

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of the Nature of Science and History of Science (NSHS) course offered Science Teacher Education Program on students' thoughts about nature of scientific knowledge. The participants of the study involved 19 students who enrolled NSHS course (NSHS group) and 24 students who did not enroll NSHS course (Non-NSHS group) as total of 43 students. In this class, the concepts about nature of science and scientific knowledge were discussed regarding students` thoughts on them. The instrument Nature of Scientific Knowledge Survey (NSKS) was administered for both NSHS and Non-NSHS groups with pre and post design. The data collected from pre and post tests were analyzed quantitatively. The results of the study indicated that NSHS class resulted in statistically meaningful development on students` conceptions about nature of scientific knowledge.

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