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Department of Chemistry, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida 33620, United States
J. Chem. Educ., 2012, 89 (4), pp 436–441
DOI: 10.1021/ed100590t
Publication Date (Web): February 8, 2012
Copyright © 2012 The American Chemical Society and Division of Chemical Education, Inc.
The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the psychometric properties of The Colorado Learning
Attitudes about Science Survey (CLASS). The 50-item instrument was administered to 311
college students from a public institution in the United States enrolled in General Chemistry I
Laboratory. Confirmatory factor analysis and Cronbach’s α estimates were used to examine
the reliability and validity of the CLASS instrument scores. Detailed information regarding this
process is discussed. Initial results revealed a lack of evidence for simultaneous measurement
of all of the constructs underlying the nine CLASS subscales. However, further work, including
the administration of two small, single-scale instruments taken directly from CLASS, suggests
that concise, easy-to-administer measures of individual constructs can be derived from CLASS.