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Undergraduate Research Student Self-Assessment (URSSA)
Assessment Type: Self-Assessment
URSSA is an online survey instrument for use in evaluating student outcomes of undergraduate research experiences in the sciences. It is highly customizable and allows for comparison against similar programs (especially for NSF-funded Biology REU programs). The University of Colorado developed the URSSA, which has been supported by the National Science Foundation through its Divisions of Chemistry and Undergraduate Education, the Biological Sciences Directorate, and the Office of Multidisciplinary Affairs.
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Read ReviewsUtley Geometry Attitude Scale (UGAS)
Assessment Type: Survey/Questionnaire
The UGAS was developed after an extensive review of a variety of existing instruments used to measure attitudes to mathematics (e.g. Akin, 1974; Dowling, 1978; Fennema & Sherman, 1976; Tapia, 1996) and was designed to measure the attitudes of undergraduate college students toward geometry. The instrument is designed such that higher scores are more indicative of an overall higher attitude toward geometry.
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Read ReviewsViews about Science Survey (VASS)
Assessment Type: 30 multiple choice items (13 related to scientific dimensions, 17 related to cognitive dimensions) set up as contrasting alternatives design (CAD).
Probes personal beliefs about the nature of science within 3 scientific dimensions (structure, methodology, and validity of science) and learning science within 3 cognitive dimensions (learnability, reflective thinking, and personal relevance of science).
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Views of Nature of Science Questionnaire (VNOS-D)
Assessment Type: 7 open-ended questions, along with an individual interview.
Assesses students' views about the empirical, tentative, inferential, and creative and imaginative nature of science, as well as the distinction between observation and inference.
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Views of Scientific Inquiry, Primary School Version (VOSI-P)
Assessment Type: 5 opened-ended questions. The questionnaire is administered and the answers are recorded by the researcher.
The VOSI questionnaire elicits details of learners ideas of what scientists do in the production of valid scientific knowledge. Understanding about scientific inquiry is an integral component of scientific literacy, along with Nature of Science (NOS). The VOSI is useful alone, or in combination with the VNOS to gain in-depth insights into respondents epistemological views of science. The VOSI targets aspects unique from, but complementary to, the VNOS instrument.
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