Views about scientific inquiry (VASI): the case of Spain and Sweden

Abstract

There is agreement among researchers that one of the main objectives of scientific literacy is that all students understand Scientific Inquiry (SI). Even with many educational proposals guided by SI, there is still difficulty assessing learners’ notions about it. The results presented in this paper represent the Spain and Swedish sample using the VASI questionnaire. The objective was to evaluate the notions of scientific investigation of the 7th grade students. Analyzing the responses of students, it can be considered that they can conceptualize some aspects of the nature of scientific inquiry, but cannot identify them in real situations.