Validity of the Physics Affective Characteristics Scale for Flemish Pharmacy and Biology Majors

Autor/inn/en	Gungor, Almer; De Cock, Mieke
Titel	Validity of the Physics Affective Characteristics Scale for Flemish Pharmacy and Biology Majors
Quelle	In: Physical Review Physics Education Research, 17 (2021) 1, Artikel 010132 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Gungor, Almer)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2469-9896
Schlagwörter	Science Instruction; Physics; Majors (Students); Pharmacy; Biology; Psychometrics; Tests; Test Validity; Test Reliability; Foreign Countries; Student Characteristics; Affective Behavior; Test Construction; Student Attitudes; Student Motivation; Anxiety; Self Efficacy; Self Concept; Student Interests; Relevance (Education); Belgium + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Physik; Apotheke; Biologie; Psychometry; Psychometrie; Examination; Prüfung; Examen; Testvalidität; Testreliabilität; Ausland; Affective disturbance; Active behaviour; Affektive Störung; Testaufbau; Schülerverhalten; Schulische Motivation; Angst; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Selbstkonzept; Studieninteresse; Relevance; Relevanz; Belgien
Abstract	The purpose of this study is to validate the physics affective characteristics scale (PACS) by investigating its psychometric properties. The PACS is a revised version of the affective characteristics scale (ACS), which was developed for Turkish students following introductory physics courses. The questionnaire includes 51 items in 11 subscales: situational interest in physics, personal interest in physics, relevance of physics to everyday life, relevance of physics to future career, relevance of physics to other courses, physics course anxiety, physics test anxiety, student motivation in physics, self-efficacy in physics, self-concept in physics, and physics achievement motivation. In this version, the relevance subscale--named as importance subscale in the previous version--was revised, and the aspiring extra activities related to physics subscale was removed. The PACS was administered to 240 nonphysics (biology and pharmacy) majors enrolled in an introductory physics course at a Flemish university. Confirmatory factor analysis was used to test the factor structure of the questionnaire. The results showed that the model fits well indicating that the revised questionnaire also has satisfactory psychometric properties, and supporting a multidimensional relevance construct. As expected, the indicators all showed significant positive factor loadings. The results of this study suggest that the Dutch version of the PACS is a useful instrument with sufficient reliability and validity to measure nonphysics majors' affective characteristics. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01