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Abbreviated Version of the Mathematics Anxiety Rating Scale (A-MARS)
Assessment Type: Self-administered questionnaire
This is an abbreviated (25-item version) of the original Mathematics Anxiety Rating Scale (MARS) instrument developed by Richardson and Suinn (for reference- see comments).The purpose of the study was to develop abbreviated version of MARS, and to find whether certain specific backgrounds (gender, socio-economic status) and academic variables can predict math anxiety.
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Beliefs about Science and School Science Questionnaire (BASSSQ)
Assessment Type: Self-report
The Beliefs about Science and School Science Questionnaire (BASSSQ) was designed to assess high school science teachers' beliefs about what occurs in science. The first part of the BASSSQ is comprised of two subscales, "Process of Scientific Inquiry" and "Certainty of Scientific Knowledge."
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Citizen Science Central DEVISE Scales for Citizen Science
Assessment Type: Evaluation Instruments
The DEVISE project (Developing, Validating, and Implementing Situated Evaluation Instruments) at the Cornell University Lab of Ornithology developed a set of constructs and instruments to measure outcomes associated with citizen science such as interest, motivation, self-efficacy, and skills.
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Read ReviewsConstructivist Learning Environment Survey (CLES)
Assessment Type: Survey/Questionnaire
Constructivist Learning Environment Survey (CLES) was used to gather data leading to assertions about teacher knowledge and beliefs, teaching performance, and the comparison of knowledge and beliefs to teaching performance
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Read ReviewsCS4HS Teacher Professional Development Survey
Assessment Type: Survey
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Read ReviewsEQulP Rubric for Science - NGSS (Outcome Expectation)
Assessment Type: Survey
Outcome expectations are defined as a person’s judgements about the likely consequences of a given task, positive outcome expectations serve as incentives that promote future behavior (Bandura, 2001). They guide behavioral choices as people adopt courses of action that are likely to result in positive outcomes. A scientist’s outcome expectations related to outreach would be expected to inform the extent to which they continue to engage with the public. This scale was developed to measure scientists' outcome expectations for their public engagement work.
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Read ReviewsInternet Attitudes Scale (IAS)
Assessment Type: Self-administered 40-item 4-point Likert scale questionnaire
Internet Attitude Scale (IAS) is a 40-item Likert-type one-dimensional inventory for measuring attitudes towards the Internet. Furthermore, this inventory was created to measure the Internet users' preferred and perceived specific Internet attributes.
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Self-Efficacy for Public Engagement with Science (PES)
Assessment Type: 13-item self-efficacy scale
This scale documents scientists' self-efficacy in their ability to conduct reciprocal public engagement activities. The scale can provide baseline data to describe the range of self-efficacy found among a group of scientists. If embedded within the context of a scientist training program, the scale has the potential to serve as a reflection tool for scientists by providing data on the relative strengths and areas of improvement in their PES activities. The scale can also be used as a longitudinal measure to document changes in self-efficacy over time. Using the scale in this way is advisable only in situations that involve a sustained intervention with multiple interaction points that take place over weeks or months.
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Read ReviewsSurvey of Undergraduate Research Experiences (SURE)
Assessment Type: Survey
This is a validated instrument for evaluating undergraduate research programs, particularly in the sciences, which was developed by and administered through David Lopatto of Grinnell College. It consists of three different parts to capture attitudes before, during, and after the research program.
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Read ReviewsTeacher Efficacy and Attitudes Toward STEM Survey
Assessment Type: Survey
The surveys can be used for measuring or monitoring change in teachers' efficacy and attitudes in STEM subjects, attitudes toward STEM, instructional practices and technology use. The 5 surveys (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math, and one for Elementary Teacher Efficacy) each have 6 sub-scales which include teaching efficacy, outcome expectancy, student technology use, frequency of instructional practices, and attitudes toward 21st-century learning. It is a validated measure that provides a multifaceted understanding of STEM teacher attitudes, efficacy, and practice. Although it can be an advantage to focus on subject matter for some (science, math, etc.) it could also be perceived as a limitation when evaluating integrated STEM approaches; it just depends upon your need.
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Read ReviewsThinking about Science Survey Instrument (TSSI)
Assessment Type: 60 multiple choice questions
Many scientists and science educators are concerned about the public's ambiguous relationship with science and this public includes elementary teachers. Like many citizens, too many elementary teachers find science disconnected from everyday life and thinking. Science is a "school subject" not an important part of everyday life. Some may believe that science conflicts with important personal beliefs they hold about other areas of life such as religion and art. Elementary teachers who feel this disconnection with science will at best approach science teaching as something one does if school authorities demand it. Given that we are now promoting constructivist approaches to science teaching among teachers who frequently face the challenges of multiculturalism, and in addition the rising challenges to science itself, society's demands of elementary teachers is all the more greater. The demands increasingly require of teachers an engagement with science at a significant level of depth and sophistication. The research reported here is about developing new insight on the processes of elementary science teacher education and development, and in general the development of the public understanding of science, vis-a-vis social and cultural factors that contribute either to science resistance or affirmation of science. This document reports on the development of a quantitative instrument for assessing socio-cultural resistance to, and support for, science that can be employed in efforts to quantitatively document the presence or absence of significant cultural concerns.
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