Exploring Ethiopian Secondary School Science Teachers’ Conceptions about the Nature of Scientific Knowledge (NOSK)

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

Nice job!  Interesting paper.  

Comments on the Quality of English Language

I recommend another review for English language clarity, as some sentences are worded awkwardly. Examples include p1 line 26, p2, lines 53-55 and line 83, and p12 lines 563-564.

Author Response

Hello dear reviewer, we found your comments very relevant to improve this manuscript. We attached the changes/ improvements we made on the paper based on your comments. Thank you very much for the comments given and for your considerations of our revision.

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Reviewer 2 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

Please see the pdf file 

Comments for author File: Comments.pdf

Comments on the Quality of English Language

Please see pdf file 

Author Response

Hello dear reviewer, First of all, we want to thank you for your critical comments that we believe can improve this paper's general quality. Now we attached our responses to your comments. Thank you in advance for your consideration!

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Reviewer 3 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

Please see my comments in the attached file. 

Comments for author File: Comments.pdf

Comments on the Quality of English Language

There were a few minor mistakes that I noticed, such as switched tenses and a few areas where the sentence structure seemed off. 

Author Response

Hello dear reviewer, we would like to thank you for the relevant comments you have given us. We believe that it has contributed to improving the general quality of this manuscript. We attached the changes we have made based on the comments. Thank you for your consideration! 

Author Response File: Author Response.pdf

Round 2

Reviewer 2 Report

Comments and Suggestions for Authors

All comments are written in the attached file

Comments for author File: Comments.pdf

Comments on the Quality of English Language

All comments are written in the attached file

Author Response

We are very grateful for the detailed comments and suggestions for improvement. We believe that the given comments are very critical for the improvement of the paper's overall quality. We appreciate the reviewer's professionalism and his/ her patience in seeing all aspects that needed revision. Thank you very much indeed! 

Author Response File: Author Response.pdf