Constructs Evaluation of Student Attitudes towards Science

摘要: Students’ attitudes towards science (SAS) is a prominent research area as evident in the education literature. Many SAS studies incorporated confidence (SC), enjoyment (SE) and importance of (IS) into study SAS. However, incorporation these constructs often depends on subjective judgment researchers. This examines three measure based Asian Student Attitudes Towards Science Class (ASATSC) instrument. A total 1,133 7th to 11th graders from China completed survey constructs. Data was collectively assessed terms fit Rasch model that requires invariant consistent response category functioning. Results indicated SC not correlated well with IS whilst SE were each other Recommendations provided how measurement can be better designed.