Australian and Malaysian Muslim learners ranked discord items differently, with Australian students most resistant to anti-science statements and most accepting of divine-cause statements¶

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q2 i? The three easiest-to-agree items for Australian learners (ITEMS 95, 72, 67) differed from the Malaysian study's easiest items (ITEMS 84, 90, 86), and the most difficult items also differed between the two samples. → Ian Robottom and Sharifah Norhaidah 2008

Evidence¶

Ian Robottom and Sharifah Norhaidah 2008¶

Ian Robottom and Sharifah Norhaidah. (2008). Western science and Islamic learners: When disciplines and culture intersect. Journal of Research in International Education 7(2). https://doi.org/10.1177/1475240908091302

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Rasch analysis (BIGSTEPS) and exploratory factor analysis of responses from 99 Year 10 students in two Melbourne Islamic schools to the 30-item discord questionnaire on a four-point Likert scale. "ITEMS 95, 72 and 67 are the three easiest items for Muslim learners in Australia to agree to."

"From Table 1, it can be seen that ITEMS 95, 72 and 67 are the three easiest items for Muslim learners in Australia to agree to."

Ian Robottom and Sharifah Norhaidah 2008 (2)¶

Ian Robottom and Sharifah Norhaidah. (2008). Western science and Islamic learners: When disciplines and culture intersect. Journal of Research in International Education 7(2). https://doi.org/10.1177/1475240908091302

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Same Rasch analysis of the Australian sample: the most difficult items to endorse were ITEM 86 (science values concrete evidence while religion prioritises faith), ITEM 96 (humankind cannot solve all problems from scientific discovery) and ITEM 83 (science causes restlessness in modern society).

"On the top end of the scale, the three items found to be most difficult to agree with by the Australian learners were ITEMS 86, 96 and 83."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Australian Islamic students reconcile discord over evolution by distinguishing belief from knowledge acquisition, learning content while suspending belief in it
• Malaysian Muslim students' discord scores are inversely related to sophistication of epistemological beliefs
• Among Malaysian Muslim science students, intensity of discord over scientific claims shows no direct link to scientific reasoning ability — related
• Scientific reasoning levels are linked directly to sophistication of epistemological beliefs among Malaysian Muslim students — related
• Items ranked from easiest to most difficult are identical under CTT and MFRM — related
• CTT and MFRM yield similar item difficulty results for open-ended questions regardless of crossed or nested design — related