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Children's Science Curiosity Scale (CSCS)

Supplemental Information:

n/a

Assessment Type:

30 5-point-scale items

Scale:

5-point scale (strongly agree, agree, uncertain, disagree, strongly disagree)

Publication Date:

Nov 07, 2008

Respondent:

Initial study: 5th graders

Domain(s) Evaluated:

Engagement, Attitude

Sample items:

I would like to experiment with gadgets inside the space shuttle. It is boring to learn new science words.

Reliability:

internal consistency: 0.85 (for 36-items) test-retest: 0.67-0.69

Validity:

Concurrent validity: 0.64 Construct validity: 0.77 For criticism of validity see: Gardner, P.L. (1987). Comments on "Toward the Development of a Children's Science Curiosity Scale," Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 24(2), 175-176.

Frequency:

frequently

Administration time:

15 minutes

Requires a Computer:

No

Requires Internet Access:

No

Primary reference:

Harty, H. & Beall, D. (1984). Toward the development of a children's science curiosity measure. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 21(4), 425-436.

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