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Validating Common Measures of Self-Efficacy and Career Attitudes within Informal Health Education for Middle and High School Students

A common challenge in the evaluation of K–12 science education is identifying valid scales that are an appropriate fit for both a student’s age and the educational outcomes of interest. Though many new scales have been validated in recent years, there is much to learn about the appropriate education...

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Autores principales: Peterman, Karen, Withy, Kelley, Boulay, Rachel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Society for Cell Biology 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5998314/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29749851
http://dx.doi.org/10.1187/cbe.17-07-0122
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description A common challenge in the evaluation of K–12 science education is identifying valid scales that are an appropriate fit for both a student’s age and the educational outcomes of interest. Though many new scales have been validated in recent years, there is much to learn about the appropriate educational contexts and audiences for these measures. This study investigated two such scales, the DEVISE Self-Efficacy for Science scale and the Career Interest Questionnaire (CIQ), within the context of two related health sciences projects. Consistent patterns were found in the reliability of each scale across three age groups (middle school, high school, early college) and within the context of each project. As expected, self-efficacy and career interest, as measured through these scales, were found to be correlated. The pattern of results for CIQ scores was also similar to that reported in other literature. This study provides examples of how practitioners can validate established measures for new and specific contexts and provides some evidence to support the use of the scales studied in health science education contexts.
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spelling pubmed-59983142018-07-02 Validating Common Measures of Self-Efficacy and Career Attitudes within Informal Health Education for Middle and High School Students Peterman, Karen Withy, Kelley Boulay, Rachel CBE Life Sci Educ Article A common challenge in the evaluation of K–12 science education is identifying valid scales that are an appropriate fit for both a student’s age and the educational outcomes of interest. Though many new scales have been validated in recent years, there is much to learn about the appropriate educational contexts and audiences for these measures. This study investigated two such scales, the DEVISE Self-Efficacy for Science scale and the Career Interest Questionnaire (CIQ), within the context of two related health sciences projects. Consistent patterns were found in the reliability of each scale across three age groups (middle school, high school, early college) and within the context of each project. As expected, self-efficacy and career interest, as measured through these scales, were found to be correlated. The pattern of results for CIQ scores was also similar to that reported in other literature. This study provides examples of how practitioners can validate established measures for new and specific contexts and provides some evidence to support the use of the scales studied in health science education contexts. American Society for Cell Biology 2018 /pmc/articles/PMC5998314/ /pubmed/29749851 http://dx.doi.org/10.1187/cbe.17-07-0122 Text en © 2018 K. Peterman et al. CBE—Life Sciences Education © 2018 The American Society for Cell Biology. “ASCB®” and “The American Society for Cell Biology®” are registered trademarks of The American Society for Cell Biology. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ This article is distributed by The American Society for Cell Biology under license from the author(s). It is available to the public under an Attribution–Noncommercial–Share Alike 3.0 Unported Creative Commons License.
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