Journal article
Validation study of the Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey at a Hispanic-serving institution
Physical review special topics. Physics education research, v 5(2), 023101
01 Aug 2009
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Abstract
The Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey (CLASS) has been widely acknowledged as a useful measure of student cognitive attitudes about science and learning. The initial University of Colorado validation study included only 20% non-Caucasian student populations. In this Brief Report we extend their validation to include a predominately under-represented minority population. We validated the CLASS instrument at Florida International University, a Hispanic-serving institution, by interviewing students in introductory physics classes using a semistructured protocol, examining students' responses on the CLASS item statements, and comparing them to the items' intended meaning. We find that in our predominately Hispanic population, 94% of the students' interview responses indicate that the students interpret the CLASS items correctly, and thus the CLASS is a valid instrument. We also identify one potentially problematic item in the instrument which one third of the students interviewed consistently misinterpreted.
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- Title
- Validation study of the Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey at a Hispanic-serving institution
- Creators
- Vashti Sawtelle - Florida International UniversityEric Brewe - Florida International UniversityLaird Kramer - Florida International University
- Publication Details
- Physical review special topics. Physics education research, v 5(2), 023101
- Publisher
- Amer Physical Soc
- Number of pages
- 5
- Grant note
- 0312038 / NSF; National Science Foundation (NSF)
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Physics
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000273564900011
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-73649140319
- Other Identifier
- 991021877364804721
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