Erin Speiser, Genevieve Pinto Zipp, Deborah A DeLuca, Ana Paula Cupertino, Evelyn Arana-Chicas, Elli Gourna Paleoudis, Benjamin Kligler, Francisco Cartujano-Barrera
Knowledge, attitudes and behaviors of Latinas in cleaning occupations in northern New Jersey: a cross-sectional mixed methods study
Journal of occupational medicine and toxicology (London, England)
abstract contextbased sciencetechnologysociety sts approaches teaching science high school become widely used past two decades aspire foster positive attitudes science time provide sound basis scientific understanding study paper reviews detailed research evidence 17 experimental studies undertaken eight different countries effects contextbased sts approaches drawing findings two systematic reviews research literature review findings indicate contextbasedsts approaches result improvement attitudes science understanding scientific ideas developed comparable conventional approaches approaches also result positive attitudes science girls boys reduce gender differences attitudes paper also considers issues emerging work area relation study design constraints may militate use experimental research designs gathering evidence impact interventions fundamental constraint extent possible make comparisons existing methods interventions aims overlapping also differ significant ways 2006 wiley periodicals inc sci ed 91 347370 2007