Scales

Descriptions

Source

Measures beliefs about knowledge residing in external authorities e.g. everybody has to believe what scientists say.

Certainty

Refers to a belief in a right answer e.g. scientific knowledge is always true.

Development

Concerns beliefs about science as an evolving and changing subject. e.g. the ideas in science sometimes change.

Justification

Related to the role of experiments and how individuals justify knowledge e.g. ideas in science can come from your own questions and experiments.