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Knowledge of the Nature of Whole Science

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The following questions are designed to help evaluate student understanding of the 'nature of science'.

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• Introduction for science teachers: a brief primer on 'nature of science' (NOS), teaching NOS and evaluation.
• Discussion of NOS evaluation, question design and analysis of other NOS surveys.
• Reference table of NOS dimensions
• Scoring Rubrics