Measuring Attitude toward Chemistry, Biology, and Math at a Hispanic-Serving Institution.

ABSTRACT: This work describes the evaluation of the Attitude toward the Subject of Chemistry Inventory (ASCI), as well as two modifications (one for measuring attitude toward math and one for measuring attitude toward biology), for college students at a Hispanic Serving Institution. Instrument reliability was tested via multiple administrations of the instruments, and confirmatory factor analysis supported a two-factor structure similar to an existing model of a revised version of the ASCI for all three instruments. The similar factor structure of the three instruments, coupled with interviews with students, provide validity evidence for the instruments and support an interpretation that one of the subscales aligns with a cognitive aspect of attitude while the other subscale aligns with an affective

SUBMITTER: Chang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9009336 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature