Revised Simpson-Troost Attitude Questionnaire (STAQ-R)

Supplemental Information:

• STAQ-R_Questionnaire.pdf (25.9 KB) download

Assessment Type:

5 point Likert scale ranging from “strongly agree” to “strongly disagree” with an option of a neutral response (undecided/uncertain).

Scale:

22 items Likert scale

Publication Date:

Jun 08, 2009

Respondent:

1812 middle school students (grades 6th - 8th). 1754 responses were analyzed.

Domain(s) Evaluated:

Engagement, Attitude, Career

Sample items:

We do a lot of fun activities in science class. I always try hard, no matter how difficult the work. I would enjoy being a scientist.

Reliability:

Reported and High. Construct Reliability (Construct H) and Cronbach’s alpha calculated for all 5 subscales and both genders. Construct H ranged from 0.71 to 0.82 for girls, and Cronbach’s Alpha ranged from 0.70 to 0.81 for girls and 0.70 to 0.79 for

Validity:

Reported and high. Confirmatory factor analysis and exploratory factor analysis (5 factors) were applied for validation of the tool.

Frequency:

rarely

Administration time:

25 minutes

Requires a Computer:

No

Requires Internet Access:

No

Primary reference:

Owen, S. V., Toepperwein, M. A., Marshall, C. E., Lichtenstein, M. J., Blalock, C. L., Liu, Y., et al. (2008). Finding pearls: Psychometric reevaluation of the Simpson‐Troost Attitude Questionnaire (STAQ). Science Education, 92(6), 1076‐1095.

Comments:

5 sub-scales (“Motivating Science Class”, “Self-Directed Effort”, “Family Models”, “Science is Fun for me”, “Peer Models”) were validated and cross-validated across genders and grades of the respondents.