Student Attitudes toward STEM: The Development of Upper Elementary School and Middle/High School Student Surveys
Student Attitudes toward STEM: The Development of Upper Elementary School and Middle/High School Student Surveys
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学生对 STEM 的态度：小学高年级和初中/高中学生调查的发展
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2013
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T. Collins
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M. Faber;A. Unfried;E. Wiebe;Jenifer O. Corn;Latricia Townsend;T. Collins
国民经济需要更多的科学、技术和数学（STEM）领域的工程师和熟练工人，他们也具有批判性思维、沟通和协作能力，也被称为21世纪技能。为了满足这一需求，全国各地的教育机构都在实施创新的STEM教育计划，部分目的是提高学生对STEM学科和职业的态度。本文描述了北卡罗来纳州立大学周五教育创新研究所的一组研究人员如何开发小学高年级和初中/高中学生对STEM的态度（S-STEM）调查来衡量这些态度。每个调查都包含四个经过验证的结构，使用李克特量表项目来衡量学生对科学、数学、工程和技术以及21世纪技能的态度。调查还包含一个综合部分，衡量学生对STEM职业的兴趣。这些调查是对北卡罗来纳州一万多名四年级到十二年级的学生进行的，他们参加了各种传统的课堂教育、选修教育或非正式的STEM教育项目。在本文中，作者解释了调查的开发和验证过程。该报告还总结了关于学生对STEM学科、职业和21世纪技能的态度的基线调查结果，展示了这项调查如何成为创新STEM教育和劳动力发展计划的有用工具。
The national economy is in need of more engineers and skilled workers in science, technology, and mathematics (STEM) fields who also possess competencies in critical-thinking, communication, and collaboration – also known as 21st century skills. In response to this need, educational organizations across the country are implementing innovative STEM education programs designed in part to increase student attitudes toward STEM subjects and careers. This paper describes how a team of researchers at The Friday Institute for Educational Innovation at North Carolina State University developed the Upper Elementary School and Middle/High School Student Attitudes toward STEM (S-STEM) Surveys to measure those attitudes. The surveys each consist of four, validated constructs which use Likert-scale items to measure student attitudes toward science, mathematics, engineering and technology, 21st century skills. The surveys also contain a comprehensive section measuring student interest in STEM careers. The surveys have been administered to over 10,000 fourth through twelfth grade students in North Carolina who are participating in a variety of traditional classroom-based, elective, or informal STEM education programs. In the paper the authors explain the survey development and validation process. The report also summarizes baseline findings about student attitudes toward STEM subjects, careers, and 21st century skills, demonstrating how this survey can be a useful tool for innovative STEM education and workforce development programs.