Nature of Science Scale (NOSS) (Kimball, 1968). This instrument was developed
to determine whether science teachers have the same view of science as scientists. It
consists of 29 items, which the respondent may answer with “agree” or “disagree”
or register a “neutral” response. Kimball’s model of NOS is based upon the literature
of the nature and philosophy of science and is consistent with the views of
Bronowski (1956) and Conant (1951). The specific content of NOSS was validated
by nine science educators, who judged whether the items were related to the model.
The development, validation, and reliability measures were carried out with
college graduates. Thus, it lacks reliability and validity data with respect to high
school populations. Another concern is that the instrument lacks subscales and is,
therefore, subject to the same criticism as WISP or any other unitary measure of the
nature of science