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*** |