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Chemistry Attitude and Experience Questionnaire (CAEQ)

Chemistry Attitudes and Experiences Questionnaire (CAEQ) measures first-year university chemistry students’ attitude toward chemistry, chemistry self-efficacy, and learning experiences. The instrument was developed as part of a larger study and sought to fulfill a need for an instrument to investigate factors that influence student enrollment choice. We set out to design the instrument in a manner that would maximize construct validity. The CAEQ was piloted with a cohort of science and technology students at the end of their first year.

Supplemental Information:

Survey.pdf (316.8 KB) download

Assessment Type:

Likert scale

Scale:

Five-point Likert scale

Publication Date:

Aug 04, 2003

Respondent:

First-year undergraduates in science and technology departments

Domain(s) Evaluated:

Attitude

Sample items:

This part of the questionnaire investigates the perception you have about chemistry and related topics. For example, if you feel chemistry is mostly about the study of natural substances, and only a little about the study synthetic substances then you would answer the following question as shown: Chemistry Natural Substances _ _ X_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Synthetic Substances

Reliability:

Cronbach Alpha: 0.74

Validity:

0.80

Frequency:

sometimes

Administration time:

15 minutes

Requires a Computer:

Requires Internet Access:

Primary reference:

Dalgety, J., Coll, R. K., Hones, J. (2003). Development of Chemistry Attitudes and Experiences Questionnaire (CAEQ). Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 40 (7), pp. 649-668.

Comments:

None.

STEM Criteria

Science

Yes

Technology

Engineering

Math

Contact

Dr. Richard Coll Pro Vice-Chancellor Teaching and Learning Unit Director Faculty of Science & Engineering's Co-operative Education Unit The University of Waikato Waikato, New Zealand rcoll@waikato.ac.nz