Purpose of Measure: N/A
Lay-Person Terms: Respondents report the frequency with which they have encouraged their STEM students to engage in various practices related to research.
Measure:
In the STEM courses you have taught in the past year, how often do you encourage students to:
| 1. Always | 2. Frequently | 3. Occasionally | 4. Rarely | 5. Never | |
| 1. Use technical skills (use of tools, instruments, and/or techniques). | |||||
| 2. Generate a research question. | |||||
| 3. Determine how to collect appropriate data. | |||||
| 4. Explain the results of a study. | |||||
| 5. Use scientific literature to guide the research. | |||||
| 6. Integrate results from multiple studies. | |||||
| 7. Ask relevant questions. | |||||
| 8. Identify what is known and not known about a problem. | |||||
| 9. Understand scientific concepts. | |||||
| 10. See connections between different areas of science and mathematics. |
Type of Validity: Item Response Theory
Citation of Publication: CIRP Technical Report for information on measurement development CIRP Construct Technical Report Jessica Sharkness, Linda DeAngelo, John Pryor, Higher Education Research Institute Graduate School of Education & Information Studies University of California, Los Angeles, January 2010 CIRP Technical Report appendix for detailed information on each individual measure HERI Monograph (See page 100 "STEM Module" for measure)
Instructions to analyze and interpret: See pages 12 - 14 on the CIRP technical report for details. This measure can be used in evaluations of interventions that address STEM pedagogy training.
Other citations: See the HERI list of publications