Development of an NOS assessment instrument specifically written for the context of a research apprenticeship: NOS questionnaires have been developed for a variety of different audiences (Lederman et al., 2002; Schwartz & Lederman, 2008) including students, teachers, and scientists, but none have been developed specifically for participants in a research apprenticeship. Such an instrument should take into account both personal and global view of NOS and may provide evidence that research apprenticeships are contexts that provide links between these two perspectives