Supplemental Information:

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Assessment Type:

26 items

Scale:

4-point Likert scale (1 = strongly agree; 4 = strongly disagree)

Publication Date:

Sep 17, 2002

Respondent:

Elementary and middle school students

Domain(s) Evaluated:

Engagement, Attitude / Behavior

Sample items:

People make a lot of money using technology.

Technology is too difficult for me.

Reliability:

Sub-scales at two test administrations demonstrated good internal consistency and moderate test-retest stability.

Validity:

validity is suggested by relationships between subscales, however it is recommended that subsequent studies be done to establish validity.

Frequency:

Sometimes

Administration time:

15 minutes

Requires a Computer:

No

Requires Internet Access:

No

Primary reference:

Frantom C. G., Green, K. E. & Hoffman, E. R. (2002). Measure development: The children's attitude towards technology scale (CATS). Journal of Educational Computing Research, 26(3), 249-263.

Comments:

Other References:
Straker, L., Harris, C., Joosten, J., & Howie, E. K. (2017). Mobile technology dominates school children’s IT use in an advantaged school community and is associated with musculoskeletal and visual symptoms. Ergonomics, 61(5), 658-669.

STEM Criteria

Science

No

Technology

Yes

Engineering

No

Math

No