Supplemental Information:

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Assessment Type:

Survey

Scale:

Multiple choice, point scale (e.g. Likert scale), or selected response

Publication Date:

Nov 20, 2012

Respondent:

Elementary school classroom setting (primary school; approx. age 6-12 years), Middle school classroom setting (late primary school; approx. age 12-14 years), High school classroom setting (secondary school; approx. age 14-18 years)

Domain(s) Evaluated:

Engagement, Attitude / Behavior

Sample items:

N/A

Reliability:

See comment section

Validity:

See comment section

Frequency:

Rarely

Administration time:

Under 15 minutes minutes

Requires a Computer:

No

Requires Internet Access:

No

Primary reference:

Friday Institute for Educational Innovation (2012). Teacher Efficacy and Attitudes Toward STEM Survey, Raleigh, NC: Author.

Comments:

Reliability: Cronbach's Alpha Upper Elementary: Math Attitudes (0.86), Science Attitudes (0.84), Engineering and Technology Attitudes (0.84), 21st Century Learning Attitudes (0.86) - Middle/High - Math Attitudes (0.90), Science Attitudes (0.89), Engineering and Technology Attitudes (0.89), 21st Century Learning Attitudes (0.91)---------------------------------------------- Validity: Exploratory factor analysis(EFA) was used, applying principal axis factoring and promax rotation to allow factors to be correlated. Item loadings above .40 were classified as significant. Five subject matter experts rated each item as “Essential,” “Useful but not Essential,” or “Not Necessary,” and Lawshe’s content validity ratio was calculated for each item. Survey-takers’ open-ended responses to “do you have any suggestions for how we can improve this survey?” were collected and analyzed for themes. Finally, engineering education experts assisted in rewriting the engineering and technology attitudes section.

STEM Criteria

Science

Yes

Technology

Yes

Engineering

Yes

Math

Yes