ASSESSING SCIENCE LITERACY OF THE STUDENTS : MODELING UPON "SIX DOMAINS OF SCIENCE"

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to inquire into the status of Science Literacy among the Japanese students. In this study an assessment and the authors' original questionnaire were undertaken. The former was an investigate the status of students' Science Literacy using 1996 Iowa Assessment Handbook(Liu, et.al., 1996)and the latter took place through an original questionnaire about the ideal scientist. The following two results were noted; for (1)The students lack the ability to make a presentation of their experiments to other people using appropriate methods. (2)There is a serious misconception among the students;they think that they do not have to be interested in science or to enjoy studying it in order to acquire Science Literacy.