Validity of scale attitude toward science among high school students in Isfahan

The main purpose of this research was Validity of scale attitude toward science among high school students in Isfahan. The population included all the second grade science and math students in Isfahan high school in 2010-2011. 300 students were selected by random stratified sampling. The research method was descriptive- survey and used instruments in this research were the Persian translation of scale attitude toward science. Data was analyzed by SPSS 16. The reliability coefficient of Cranach alpha was 84% . Factor analysis results of the measurement questions showed more than 15/8% of total marks variance. After the factors rotation, five factors were recognized: Science attraction, class/ teacher, self- motivated efforts, anxiety toward science, family pattern. Therefore it showed the scale were multi dimensions and they have reliability and validity for scale attitude toward science. Also the test results of the multivariable variance analysis showed that there aren’t any meaningful differences between students’ sex and their attitude towards science but there is a meaningful difference in the third factor(the motivation efforts) and the girls’ students have a higher mean towards boys’ students.