February 5, 2021
Hyunju Lee, a Research Scientist, at the Professional Services division of the SSEC published as a co-author of an article, “Next Generation Science Classrooms: The Development of a Questionnaire for Examining Student Experiences in Science Classrooms in School Science and Mathematics” at the journal, School Science and Mathematics on Jan. 25, 2021. While it has been increased emphasis on teacher’s practice turn on three-dimensional instruction of the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), there have been a lack of protocols to examine students’ experiences at the next generation science classrooms where students are engaged and learn science as the way how scientists do for their science. In that, the authors developed student questionnaire that can investigate teacher’s practice turn from the students’ reported experiences in class. The instrument is constructed based on the four major strands (NRC, 2007; 2012): Reflecting on scientific knowledge; Generating and evaluating scientific evidence and explanations; Understanding the nature and development of scientific knowledge; and Participating productively in scientific practices and discourse. The instrument development procedure is followed the Rae and Parker’s (1997) stages: construct identification, formation of a question pool, reviews by experts for content validity, pilot testing with students (306 Grade 7th and 8th students in this study); and statistical analysis (exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis) for refinement and finalization of the items. Internal consistency reliability is measured and total 35 items are finalized.
More information of the article can be found at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ssm.12449