Development and Validation of an Instrument Assessing Preschool Children's Attitude Toward Science

Autor/in	Reid, Tingting
Titel	Development and Validation of an Instrument Assessing Preschool Children's Attitude Toward Science
Quelle	(2017), (25 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Preschool Children; Preschool Education; Student Attitudes; Test Construction; Test Validity; Psychometrics; Test Reliability; Early Intervention; Affective Behavior; Emotional Response; Inquiry; Hands on Science; Hawaii + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Schülerverhalten; Testaufbau; Testvalidität; Psychometry; Psychometrie; Testreliabilität; Affective disturbance; Active behaviour; Affektive Störung; Emotionales Verhalten
Abstract	Children's development of attitudes about science begins early. However, little is known regarding how children feel about science in the preschool years. The lack of a psychologically sound instrument that can appropriately capture young children's attitude towards science is another challenge faced by early childhood science researchers. The present study attempts to define and investigate an instrument used to measure preschool students' science attitudes by a) providing a clear definition of the construct (its items and their correspondence to the proposed construct to be measured); b) by examining the reliability of the items defining the measure; and c) by demonstrating the validity of the measure through examining its psychometric properties with preschool children. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01