Development and Standardization of Attitude Towards Science Scale for Student Teachers

The present study is designed to construct an Attitude towards Science Scale for student teachers. An Attitude Scale was developed and standardized by administering it on 100 randomly selected student teachers of Madurai Revenue District of Tamil Nadu State and conducting item analysis to eliminate the inconsistent items in a tool. The final form of Attitude Scale consists of 25 items classified into four sections namely – Personal confidence about the subject matter, Involvement with the subject, Usefulness of the subject content and Perception of teacher's attitude. All the items of Attitude Scale are Likert type with the five- point rating.