Category

Experimental group

Control group

T value (control minus experimental)

Mean

Standard deviation

Mean

Standard deviation

My parents encourage me to continue in science.

4.4

0.73

3.1

0.44

−3.56***

I plan to take more science classes in high school.

3.11

0.02

3.08

0.43

0.52

Science helps me work with others to find answers.

5.3

0.719

4

0.43

11.56***

Classroom science helps me evaluate my work.

4.8

0.66

2.8

0.91

−13.35***

Studying science helps me understand the environment.

5.1

0.69

3.8

0.42

−11.99***

Emotion has no place in science.

2.6

0.82

2.1

0.32

−4.22**

Science will help me understand and judge other people’s perspectives.

6.2

0.9

5.9

0.6

−2.06*

Science will help me understand more about problems around the world.

4.3

0.27

5.1

0.7

−8.03***

Science has nothing to do with life outside of school.

4.2

0.57

2.3

0.36

−21***

Experiments in science help me learn with a group of peers.

6.3

0.9

6.1

0.8

−1.24

Science teaches me to help others make decisions.

1.1

0.2

0.7

0.19

−10.84***

Knowledge of science will not help me in sports.

5.1

0.6

3.3

0.95

−12.03***

Science has nothing to do with buying things, such as food and a car.

5.3

0.75

5.1

0.66

−1.5

Knowing science will make it easier for me to repair a bicycle.

6.1

0.84

6.3

0.9

1.21

Science teaches me to think less clearly than I already do.

5.5

0.79

6.32

0.95

4.97***

Making a good decision is a scientific process.

6.1

0.6

6.3

0.89

1.4

In class, science will help prepare me for college.

4.2

0.62

6.3

0.9

14.42***