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Measuring Interest in Science: The Science Curiosity Scale

Abstract

In the current study, we present the methods for creating andvalidating a science curiosity scale. We find that the scalepresented here is unidimensional and highly reliable.Moreover, it predicts engagement with a science documentaryclip more accurately than do measures of science intelligenceor education. Although more steps are needed, this providesinitial evidence for the utility of our measure of sciencecuriosity.

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