The Effectiveness of Instruction in Scientific Reasoning in Altering Paranormal Beliefs in High School Students

1995 first edition, La Sierra University (Riverside, California), 8 7/8 x 11 inches tall red buckram cloth hardcover, no dust jacket (as issued), gilt lettering to front cover and spine, printed only on recto side of each page, [2], ix, 193 ff. A very good to near fine copy - clean, bright and unmarked - of this scarce work, presented as the author's doctoral dissertation. OCLC (No. 33959087) locates only one copy at institutions worldwide - at La Sierra University in Riverside, California. Note that this is a heavy and oversized book, so additional postage will be required for international or priority orders. ~B~ [4.0P] Based on a study of high school students carried out by the author (1) to explore the role of the media in the formation of paranormal beliefs; (2) to determine whether a correlation exists between parents' educational levels and their children's reasoning abilities; (3) to determine the effectiveness of science reasoning instruction in altering paranormal beliefs; and (4) to determine how the skills learned in the science reasoning unit was applied to other paranormal beliefs. Instruments used included the Classroom Test of Scientific Reasoning (CTSR) and four surveys: a television, book and magazine survey, a paranormal beliefs survey, a scientific attitude survey and a science values survey. …