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ERIC Number: EJ1442008
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022-Aug
Pages: 13
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0021-9584
EISSN: EISSN-1938-1328
Design of a Research-Based Assessment for Children's Attitudes and Motivation at Chemistry Outreach and Museum Events
Christopher F. Bauer; Mary E. Emenike; Thomas A. Holme
Journal of Chemical Education, v99 n8 p2821-2833 2022
Outreach activities have been an ongoing commitment of the American Chemical Society and other scientific organizations, yet formal assessment of outcomes has been infrequent. We have designed a simple, reliable, and robust format for assessing attitudinal and motivational characteristics of participants attending informal public events that promote interest in and understanding of chemistry. In its final form, this 6-item survey can be distributed on the front and back of an 8.5 × 5.5 card (for pre- and postassessment). The form is provided in the Supporting Information and is available via ChemRxiv preprint draft (DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2022-2zp5p) for noncommercial community use. Challenges in design included construct selection and independence, adjusting language for the grade 3-12 populations, physical form and distribution, efficiency and reliability of completion, and item performance and symmetry. Along with a description of the design process, psychometric characteristics and results of field testing at outreach events are described.
Division of Chemical Education, Inc. and ACS Publications Division of the American Chemical Society. 1155 Sixteenth Street NW, Washington, DC 20036. Tel: 800-227-5558; Tel: 202-872-4600; e-mail: eic@jce.acs.org; Web site: http://pubs.acs.org/jchemeduc
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
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