Development of instruments to assess teacher and student perceptions of inquiry experiences in science classrooms.
Document Type
Article
Journal/Book Title/Conference
Journal of Science Teacher Education
Volume
21
Issue
1
Publisher
Springer Verlag
Publication Date
2010
First Page
13
Last Page
30
Abstract
This study describes the development of two instruments to investigate the extent to which students are engaged in scientific inquiry. As a result of the instrument development process employed, each finalized instrument consisted of 20-items separated into five categories. Both instruments were found to be internally consistent, with high reliability estimates. Factor analysis showed two factors for each instrument that, while not clustering the items into the five categories, did show item clustering that is consistent with research literature about students’ engagement in inquiry experiences. Based on the analyses completed, the instruments appear to be useful instruments for use in comprehensive assessment packages for assessing the extent to which students are experiencing inquiry in science classrooms.
Recommended Citation
Campbell, T., Abd-Hamid, N, & Chapman, H. (2010, February). Development of instruments to assess teacher and student perceptions of inquiry experiences in science classrooms. Journal of Science Teacher Education, 21(1), 13-30. First published online 04 Nov 2009.
Comments
Originally published by Springer. Full text subscription and purchasing options availaThis study describes the development of two instruments to investigate the extent to which students are engaged in scientific inquiry. As a result of the instrument development process employed, each finalized instrument consisted of 20-items separated into five categories. Both instruments were found to be internally consistent, with high reliability estimates. Factor analysis showed two factors for each instrument that, while not clustering the items into the five categories, did show item clustering that is consistent with research literature about students’ engagement in inquiry experiences. Based on the analyses completed, the instruments appear to be useful instruments for use in comprehensive assessment packages for assessing the extent to which students are experiencing inquiry in science classrooms.ble via remote link.