Validation study of the Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey at a Hispanic-serving institution
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 ex...
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doaj-321d5babbbdd476b97bf2f2e0c9f24362020-11-25T00:50:21ZengAmerican Physical SocietyPhysical Review Special Topics. Physics Education Research1554-91782009-08-0152Validation study of the Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey at a Hispanic-serving institutionVashti SawtelleEric BreweLaird KramerThe 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.http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.5.023101 |
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Validation study of the Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey at a Hispanic-serving institution |
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Validation study of the Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey at a Hispanic-serving institution |
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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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