TY - JOUR
T1 - Design of a Research-Based Assessment for Children's Attitudes and Motivation at Chemistry Outreach and Museum Events
AU - Bauer, Christopher F.
AU - Emenike, Mary E.
AU - Holme, Thomas A.
N1 - Funding Information:
All authors acknowledge the participants at the various outreach events who completed the surveys, as well as the outreach event coordinators and volunteers for their engagement with the public, engagement with this research study, and help administering the surveys to participants. CB acknowledges the support of the Ted Ashford Fellowship from the ACS Examinations Institute.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 American Chemical Society and Division of Chemical Education, Inc.
PY - 2022/8/9
Y1 - 2022/8/9
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Chemistry Education Research
KW - Elementary/Middle School Science
KW - General Public
KW - Learning Theories
KW - Public Understanding/Outreach
KW - Student-Centered Learning
KW - Testing/Assessment
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U2 - 10.1021/acs.jchemed.2c00191
DO - 10.1021/acs.jchemed.2c00191
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85135998993
SN - 0021-9584
VL - 99
SP - 2821
EP - 2833
JO - Journal of Chemical Education
JF - Journal of Chemical Education
IS - 8
ER -