Middle school student attitudes toward science, and their relationships with instructional practices: a survey of Chinese students’ preferred versus actual instruction

Asia-Pacific Science Education

Table 1 Item texts for 8 questions on students’ attitude

Item No.	Item Text
A1	Physics and chemistry are difficulty school subjects.
A2	Physics and chemistry are interesting.
A3	Physics and chemistry are easy for me to learn.
A4	What we learned in physics and chemistry lessons are very useful in our daily life.
A5	Physics and chemistry lessons have increased my curiosity about science.
A6	I would like to become a scientist.
A7	I would like to get a job in technology.
A8	Science and technology are important for society.