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Children’s Attitudes Toward Technology Scale (CATS)

Although today's children have become the benefactors of an evolving technological society, few studies have addressed the assessment of their attitudes toward technology. This study describes the development of the Children's Attitude Toward Technology Scale (CATS) with 574 children in a rural school district. Principal components analysis of the CATS followed by varimax rotation indicated that item intercorrelations could be explained by two factors entitled "interest/aptitude" and "alternative preferences." Sub-scales at two test administrations demonstrated good internal consistency and moderate test-retest stability.

Supplemental Information:

CATS.pdf (62.9 KB) download

Assessment Type:

26 items

Scale:

4 item Likert scale (1 = strongly agree; 4 = strongly disagree)

Publication Date:

Sep 17, 2002

Respondent:

Elementary and middle school

Domain(s) Evaluated:

Engagement, Attitude

Sample items:

People make a lot of money using technology. Technology is too difficult for me.

Reliability:

Sub-scales at two test administrations demonstrated good internal consistency and moderate test-retest stability.

Validity:

validity is suggested by relationships between subscales, however it is recommended that subsequent studies be done to establish validity.

Frequency:

sometimes

Administration time:

15 minutes

Requires a Computer:

Requires Internet Access:

Primary reference:

Frantom C. G., Green, K. E. & Hoffman, E. R. (2002). Measure development: the children’s attitude towards technology scale (CATS). Journal of Educational Computing Research, 26 (3), 249-263.

Comments:

STEM Criteria

Science

Technology

Engineering

Math

Contact

Dr. Kathy Green Research Methods and Statistics Morgridge College of Education University of Denver Denver, CO 80208 kgreen@du.edu 303-871-2490.