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T1 Spanish-Speaking Children’s Attitudes Toward School Science: Instrument Development and Psychometric Analysis
A1 Quílez Cervero, César
A1 Toma, Radu Bogdan
A1 Queiruga Dios, Miguel Ángel
K1 Attitudes toward science
K1 Elementary grades
K1 Children
K1 Self-efficacy
K1 Enjoyableness
K1 Psicología de la educación
K1 Educational psychology
AB The current research evaluated the psychometricproperties of a questionnaire measuring 1st and 2nd grad-ers’ attitudes toward school science (CASS). In Study 1,an exploratory factor analysis revealed a two-factor struc-ture, consisting of the ’enjoyableness’ and ’self-efficacy’dimensions of school science. This analysis also providedinitial evidence of satisfactory internal consistency reli-ability. In Study 2, confirmatory factor analysis showedthat the two-factor model provided a better fit than a uni-dimensional structure and further supported the internalconsistency reliability of the instrument. Study 3 providedstrong evidence for test–retest reliability. Study 4 offeredpromising evidence of construct validity by identifying apositive and significant relationship between the ’enjoya-bleness’ and ’perceived self-efficacy’ in school science andleisure interest in science-related activities. Finally, Study 5assessed the instrument’s responsiveness to an inquiry-basedintervention, showing that it can effectively detect changesover time. Taken together, these findings suggest that theproposed instrument, CASS, yields scores with adequatevalidity and reliability, making it a reliable tool for assessingyoung students’ attitudes toward school science and evaluat-ing the effectiveness of educational interventions in the earlyelementary school years.
PB Springer
SN 0033-2968
YR 2025
FD 2025-01
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10259/11591
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10259/11591
LA eng
NO This study was supported by the Spanish Min- istry of Economy, Industry, and Competitiveness (MINECO) through the project PID2020-117348RB-I00. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. Open Access funding provided thanks to the CRUE- CSIC agreement with Springer Nature. This study was supported by the Spanish Ministry of Economy, Industry and Competitiveness (MINECO) through the project PID2020-117348RB-I00. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Burgos
RD 08-may-2026