Science Motivation Questionnaire: Construct validation with nonscience majors

Comparison of Views of the Nature of Science between Natural Science and Nonscience Majors

Science educators have the common goal of helping students develop scientific literacy, including understanding of the nature of science (NOS). University faculties are challenged with the need to develop informed NOS views in several major student subpopulations, including science majors and nonscience majors. Research into NOS views of undergraduates, particularly science majors, has been lim...

Bacterial Monologue: An Engaging Writing Activity for Nonscience Majors

A Factorial Validation of Knowledge-Sharing Motivation Construct

While there is increasingly strategic importance in knowledge, it is facing new challenges to manage knowledge effectively. The paper studies the motivational construct model for knowledge sharing from the perspective of content theories and social motivation theories. The data collected by using the questionnaire survey from a variety of industries was analyzed on the basis of interviews and p...

Construct Validation of the Health Literacy Questionnaire (HLQ) in Shahrekord Cohort Study, Iran

Background: Health literacy promotion is considered to be an important goal in the healthcare strategic planning of every country. The present study aimed to evaluate the validity and reliability of the health literacy questionnaire (HLQ) in the participants of Shahrekord cohort study, Iran.  Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 400 respondents who were selected via systematic,...

How We Learn An online tutorial for helping nonscience majors read primary research literature in biology

Gillen, Christopher M., Jasmine Vaughan, and Bethany R. Lye. An online tutorial for helping nonscience majors read primary research literature in biology. Adv Physiol Educ 28: 95–99, 2004; 10.1152/advan.00044.2003.—Using primary literature is an effective tool for promoting active learning and critical thinking in science classes. However, it can be challenging to use primary literature in larg...