Abstract
Outreach activities have been an ongoing commitment of the American Chemical Society and other scientific organizations, yet formal assessment of outcomes has been infrequent. We have designed a simple, reliable, and robust format for assessing attitudinal and motivational characteristics of participants attending informal public events that promote interest in and understanding of chemistry. In its final form, this 6-item survey can be distributed on the front and back of an 8.5 × 5.5 card (for pre- and postassessment). The form is provided in the Supporting Information and is available via ChemRxiv preprint draft (DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2022-2zp5p) for noncommercial community use. Challenges in design included construct selection and independence, adjusting language for the grade 3-12 populations, physical form and distribution, efficiency and reliability of completion, and item performance and symmetry. Along with a description of the design process, psychometric characteristics and results of field testing at outreach events are described.
| Original language | American English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 2821-2833 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Journal | Journal of Chemical Education |
| Volume | 99 |
| Issue number | 8 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Aug 9 2022 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Chemistry
- Education
Keywords
- Chemistry Education Research
- Elementary/Middle School Science
- General Public
- Learning Theories
- Public Understanding/Outreach
- Student-Centered Learning
- Testing/Assessment
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