TY - GEN
T1 - Toward a validated computing attitudes survey
AU - Tew, Allison Elliott
AU - Dorn, Brian
AU - Schneider, Oliver
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2012 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - The Computing Attitudes Survey (CAS) is a newly designed instrument, adapted from the Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey (CLASS), for measuring novice to expert-like perceptions about computer science. In this pa- per we outline the iterative design process used for the adaptation and present our progress toward establishing the instrument's validity. We present results of think-aloud interviews and discuss procedures used to determine expert consensus for CAS items. We also detail results of a pilot of the instrument with 447 introductory students in Fall 2011 along with a preliminary factor analysis of this data. Find- ings to date show consistent interpretation of statements by faculty and students, establish expert consensus of opinion and identify eight candidate factors for further analysis.
AB - The Computing Attitudes Survey (CAS) is a newly designed instrument, adapted from the Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey (CLASS), for measuring novice to expert-like perceptions about computer science. In this pa- per we outline the iterative design process used for the adaptation and present our progress toward establishing the instrument's validity. We present results of think-aloud interviews and discuss procedures used to determine expert consensus for CAS items. We also detail results of a pilot of the instrument with 447 introductory students in Fall 2011 along with a preliminary factor analysis of this data. Find- ings to date show consistent interpretation of statements by faculty and students, establish expert consensus of opinion and identify eight candidate factors for further analysis.
KW - Assessment
KW - Attitudes
KW - Surveys
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U2 - 10.1145/2361276.2361303
DO - 10.1145/2361276.2361303
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84867339780
SN - 9781450316040
T3 - ICER'12 - Proceedings of the 9th Annual International Conference on International Computing Education Research
SP - 135
EP - 142
BT - ICER'12 - Proceedings of the 9th Annual International Conference on International Computing Education Research
T2 - 9th Annual International Conference on International Computing Education Research, ICER 2012
Y2 - 9 September 2012 through 11 September 2012
ER -