1. The attitude to be taught must be identified. Examples of attitudes related to science have been identified in this article.
2. The meanings of the vocabulary used to describe attitudes or the behaviors related to them must be clarified for the learner.
3. Informative experience about the attitude “object” should be provided. In the case of scientific attitudes these “objects” are usually the various situations that occur in the problem-solving process. Typical of these are (a) the sensing of problem in a perplexing situation, (b) clarifying and defining the problem, (c) formulating of hypotheses, (d) reasoning out the consequences of the hypotheses and the designing of investigations, (e) gathering of data, (f) treating and interpreting of data, (g) generalizing or drawing conclusions, and (h) communicating the results of the investigation to others. Students need to be instructed in the performance of each of these steps and in their relationships to the various attitudes that characterize the scientifically minded person. It is hoped, of course, that pupils will exhibit these attitudes in appropriate situations outside the classroom. To help them generalize these attitudes, teachers can point out the general nature of the attitude object by showing similarities between scientific problem-solving procedures and the treatment of problematic situations in daily affairs.