ERIC Number: EJ1361255
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023-Feb
Pages: 22
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ISSN: ISSN-0157-244X
EISSN: EISSN-1573-1898
Development and Validation of a Questionnaire to Assess Situational Interest in a Science Period: A Study in Three Cultural/Linguistic Contexts
Potvin, Patrice; Ayotte-Beaudet, Jean-Philippe; Hasni, Abdelkrim; Smith, Jonathan; Giamellaro, Michael; Lin, Tzung-Jin; Tsai, Chin-Chung
Research in Science Education, v53 n1 p99-120 Feb 2023
This article reports an international initiative to develop and validate a "situational interest questionnaire" in three cultural/linguistic contexts: Canada (French), USA (English), and Taiwan (Chinese). The 20-item solution ([alpha] = 0.90) presented four factors: "enjoyment," "value," "attention/sustained work," and "usefulness." These factors and the convergence of the three translations were partially verified through confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). A shorter, unidimensional 7-item solution is also presented ([alpha] = 0.76) and was confirmed with CFA for two out of the three languages (with all [alpha] > 0.75). This questionnaire, named ISiQ, thus presents "good" or "acceptable" psychometric properties while securing better coverage of the situational interest construct than most surveys do. Reflections about its possible uses and about the stability/volatility of situational interest items are presented.
Descriptors: Test Construction, Cultural Differences, Questionnaires, Psychometrics, Interests, Context Effect, French, English, Chinese, Psychological Patterns, Attention, Value Judgment, Foreign Countries, Test Validity
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada; United States; Taiwan
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