The Climate Change Attitude Survey: Measuring Middle School Student Beliefs and Intentions to Enact Positive Environmental Change

Autor/inn/en	Christensen, Rhonda; Knezek, Gerald
Titel	The Climate Change Attitude Survey: Measuring Middle School Student Beliefs and Intentions to Enact Positive Environmental Change
Quelle	In: International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 10 (2015) 5, S.773-788 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1306 3065
Schlagwörter	Climate; Attitudes; Likert Scales; Middle School Students; Student Surveys; Test Validity; Factor Analysis; Intention; Test Reliability; Conservation (Environment); Test Construction; Statistical Analysis; Student Attitudes; Science Education; Environmental Education; California; Hawaii; Louisiana; Maine; Michigan; North Carolina; Texas; Virginia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Klima; Attitude; Einstellung; Verhalten; Likert-Skala; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Schülerbefragung; Testvalidität; Faktorenanalyse; Testreliabilität; Conservation; Environment; Konservierung; Bewahung; Umwelt; Testaufbau; Statistische Analyse; Schülerverhalten; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; Kalifornien
Abstract	The Climate Change Attitude Survey is composed of 15 Likert-type attitudinal items selected to measure students' beliefs and intentions toward the environment with a focus on climate change. This paper describes the development of the instrument and psychometric performance characteristics including reliability and validity. Data were gathered from 1,576 middle school students from across the United States in 2014 to validate the instrument and establish the measurement properties of the instrument's scales. Factor analysis revealed two stable constructs representing beliefs and intentions, which were reconfirmed through multidimensional scaling and hierarchical cluster analysis techniques. Internal consistency reliability was found to be respectable for the survey as a whole as well as the two separate scales. The Climate Change Attitude Survey was created to fill a void in the measurement of middle school students' affective responses to the environment and climate change. Educators may find this survey useful for assessing pre- to post intervention attitude changes as well as for identifying differences in selected groups of students. Further development is targeted to include adding new constructs as well as testing the instrument with different population subgroups. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	International Consortium for the Advancement of Academic Publication. Abant Izzet Baysal University, Faculty of Education, 14280 Golkoy-Bolu, Turkey. e-mail: editorijese@gmail.com; Web site: http://www.ijese.com
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01