Supplemental Information:

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Assessment Type:

5-point Likert scale ranging from "strongly agree" to "strongly disagree" with an option of a neutral response (undecided/uncertain).

Scale:

22 item Likert scale

Publication Date:

Jun 08, 2009

Respondent:

1812 middle school students (grades 6th - 8th). 1754 responses were analyzed.

Domain(s) Evaluated:

Engagement, Attitude / Behavior, Career Knowledge / Acquisition

Sample items:

We do a lot of fun activities in science class.
I always try hard, no matter how difficult the work.
I would enjoy being a scientist.

Reliability:

Cronbach's alpha = 0.85

Validity:

Reported and high. Confirmatory factor analysis and exploratory factor analysis (5 factors) were applied for validation of the tool.

Frequency:

Rarely

Administration time:

25 minutes

Requires a Computer:

No

Requires Internet Access:

No

Primary reference:

Owen, S. V., Toepperwein, M. A., Marshall, C. E., Lichtenstein, M. J., Blalock, C. L., Liu, Y., et al. (2008). Finding pearls: Psychometric reevaluation of the Simpson Troost Attitude Questionnaire (STAQ). Science Education, 92(6), 1076-1095.

Comments:

5 sub-scales (Motivating Science Class, Self-Directed Effort, Family Models, Science is Fun for me, Peer Models) were validated and cross-validated across genders and grades of the respondents.

Soltani, A. (2018). Influence of Motivating Science Class, Family, and Peer Models on Students’ Approaches to Learning Science: A Structural Equation Modeling Analysis. Research in Science Education.

Other Reference:
Nasr, A. & Soltani, A. K (2011). Attitude towards biology and its effects on student's achievement. International Journal of Biology, 3 (4), 100-104.

The study made use of STAR-R, it was piloted and the reliability coefficient (Cronbach's alpha) was 0.85 showing that the questions had strong internal correlation.

STEM Criteria

Science

Yes

Technology

No

Engineering

No

Math

No