تصوُّرات طالبات التخصصات العلميّة لطبيعة العلم

 
 
Abstract:
The aim of the current research is to identify the perceptions of students in the scientific disciplines (chemistry, biochemistry, biology, mathematics, and computer) of the nature of science, as well as the research goal to identify the difference in perceptions of the members of the sample according to the variable of scientific specialization. The sample of the study consisted of (149) students of King Saud University who were randomly chosen from the Faculties of Science and Computer from the seventh and eighth female students. To achieve the research objectives, the survey descriptive approach was used, and the MOSQ was adopted and applied. The results of the research found that there is a confusion between the correct and wrong perceptions of the research sample in their perceptions about the nature of science, as the level of their perceptions in the total degree of the scale of the nature of science was less than the average, and the results also found that there were no statistically significant differences in their perceptions due to the variable of specialization. Among the most prominent recommendations of the research, the development of academic programs and the inclusion of decisions related to the nature of science and its concept in scientific disciplines in all its branches, and the provision of intensive courses to improve teaching practices that will contribute to raising the level of female students towards the nature and concept of science.
Keywords: Science, Scientific Structure, Belief