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Studies are limited that investigate the relationship of students' attitudes toward science and their engagement in the teaching-learning process to science literacy in a higher education setting and within the context of a pandemic. Hence, this cross-sectional, correlational study seeks to determine if (1) students' attitudes toward science are significantly related to science literacy;(2) student course engagement is significantly related to science literacy;(3) students' attitudes toward science and their course engagement are significant predictors of science literacy. 67 undergraduate students taking the mandated Science, Technology, and Society during the second semester of the academic year 2020 to 2021 in an institution of Jesuit higher education in the Philippines were surveyed in this study. Results revealed that 1) there is a positive moderate relationship between students' attitudes toward science and science literacy (p < 0.001);2) there exists a positive strong relationship between student course engagement and science literacy (p < 0.001);3) both students' attitudes toward science (p = 0.02) and their course engagement (p < 0.001) are significant predictors of science literacy. Such results can be helpful in (re)designing science education in a higher education setting and within the context of a pandemic. Copyright 2022. © by the International Institute of Informatics and Systemics. All rights reserved.
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This study aims to investigate the attitudes of elementary school students towards any challenging task of learning science, especially during the covid 19 pandemic. In this study, the attitude characteristics observed were general attitude towards ideas and information, attitudes related to the evaluation of ideas and information, a commitment to a particular scientific belief such as loyalty to truth. The research was quantitative research. The research participants were elementary school students in grades 4-6 who received science lessons as many as 96 male and female students. The technique of collecting data is by interviewing online or through filling out google forms and observing. Quantitative data is analyzed by quantitative description. The interview data analysis technique for attitude uses qualitative analysis, namely data collection, data reduction, data display, and drawing conclusions. Qualitative data analysis assisted by ATLAS ti 8 Windows software. The results of the phased study of student attitudes during the pandemic showed that most of the students' attitudes towards competitiveness were happy with challenging assignments but had to be with parental participation or guidance. As for students whose parents are less attentive, their attitude does not show a positive attitude and their learning outcomes are not good. © 2021 ACM.
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Many conspiracy theories appeared along with the COVID-19 pandemic. Since it is documented that conspiracy theories negatively affect vaccination intentions, these beliefs might become a crucial matter in the near future. We conducted two cross-sectional studies examining the relationship between COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs, vaccine attitudes, and the intention to be vaccinated against COVID-19 when a vaccine becomes available. We also examined how these beliefs predicted support for a controversial medical treatment, namely, chloroquine. In an exploratory study 1 (N = 409), two subdimensions of COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs were associated with negative attitudes toward vaccine science. These results were partly replicated and extended in a pre-registered study 2 (N = 396). Moreover, we found that COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs (among which, conspiracy beliefs about chloroquine), as well as a conspiracy mentality (i.e., predisposition to believe in conspiracy theories) negatively predicted participants' intentions to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in the future. Lastly, conspiracy beliefs predicted support for chloroquine as a treatment for COVID-19. Interestingly, none of the conspiracy beliefs referred to the dangers of the vaccines. Implications for the pandemic and potential responses are discussed.