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http://dx.doi.org/10.14697/jkase.2014.34.2.0123

The Development and Validation of Instrument for Measuring High School Students' Attitude Toward Convergence  

Shin, Sein (Chonbuk National University)
Ha, Minsu (State University of New York at Stony Brook)
Lee, Jun-Ki (Chonbuk National University)
Park, HyunJu (Chosun University)
Chung, Duk-Ho (Chonbuk National University)
Lim, Jae-Keun (Seongmo Elementary School)
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Journal of The Korean Association For Science Education / v.34, no.2, 2014 , pp. 123-134 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study aims to develop and validate an instrument to measure students' attitude toward convergence. To do so, we have defined five constructs (i.e. knowledge about convergence, personal relevance, social relevance, interest and self-efficacy) of 'attitude toward convergence' based on literature review, developed items, and collected data from 233 11th grade science track students. The validity of these items have been evaluated by Messick's framework (1995) (i.e. content, substantive, structural aspects of validity), experts' review, Rasch analysis, and confirmatory factor analysis using structural equation modeling. Our results have confirmed the five constructs and 23 selected items have met the benchmark of item validity. Moreover, the theoretical model illustrating that the high level of attitude toward convergence increases the level of science motivation has also been supported by the data. The items developed in this study will be used to measure students' attitude toward convergence and to estimate the effect of learning program for convergence science.
Keywords
Attitude toward convergence; Item validity; Rasch model; Structural equation modeling; Science learning motivation;
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