Development and Evaluation of the Knowledge About Evolution 2.0 Instrument (KAEVO 2.0)

Autor/inn/en	Kuschmierz, Paul; Beniermann, Anna; Graf, Dittmar
Titel	Development and Evaluation of the Knowledge About Evolution 2.0 Instrument (KAEVO 2.0)
Quelle	In: International Journal of Science Education, 42 (2020) 15, S.2601-2629 (29 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Kuschmierz, Paul) ORCID (Beniermann, Anna) ORCID (Graf, Dittmar)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0950-0693
DOI	10.1080/09500693.2020.1822561
Schlagwörter	Science Education; Evolution; Scientific Concepts; Misconceptions; High School Students; Biology; Undergraduate Students; Scientific Literacy; Science Tests; Content Validity; Test Reliability; Scores + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Missverständnis; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Biologie; Testreliabilität
Abstract	In evolution education, misconceptions about evolutionary concepts impact students' learning. Much research exists on assessing knowledge about evolution using different instruments. The current article introduces the KAEVO 2.0 instrument, which includes various evolutionary aspects representing microevolution and macroevolution. The introduced instrument aims to measure knowledge about evolution comprehensively, suitable for both high school students and undergraduates. KAEVO 2.0 is based on KAEVO 1.0 (Beniermann, 2019) and was extended on the basis of a literature and a curricula analysis. These analyses revealed evolutionary concepts that reflect the construct 'knowledge about evolution' in high school biology. KAEVO 2.0 was reviewed by evolutionary biology and biology education experts and subsequently modified. Besides these aspects of content validity based on the content analyses, evidence for validity and reliability is provided based on a field-test with 136 biology, 124 non-biology undergraduates, and 146 high school students. We present confirmatory factor analyses (CFA), reliability analyses, correlation analyses and group comparisons for these subgroups. Results indicate that KAEVO 2.0 can be valuable in different application scenarios and is suitable for different age groups. We discuss further use of this instrument and recommend applications of various published instruments to assess different aspects of knowledge about evolution. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01