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Resources included in these libraries were submitted by ITEST projects or STELAR and are relevant to the work of the NSF ITEST Program. PDFs and/or URLs to the original resource are included in the resource description whenever possible. In some cases, full text publications are located behind publishers’ paywalls and a fee or membership to the third party site may be required for access. Permission for use must be requested through the publisher or author listed in each entry.

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Resources included in these libraries were submitted by ITEST projects or STELAR and are relevant to the work of the NSF ITEST Program. PDFs and/or URLs to the original resource are included in the resource description whenever possible. In some cases, full text publications are located behind publishers’ paywalls and a fee or membership to the third party site may be required for access. Permission for use must be requested through the publisher or author listed in each entry.

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Children's Science Curiosity Scale (CSCS)

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The Children's Science Curiosity Scale (CSCS) measures elementary school children's attitudes towards science in a learning context. Originally used with 5th grade students, it is comprised of 30 items, each using a 5-point Likert scale. Validity and reliability studies have been done on this scale. The pearweb.org link provides a description of this scale, reviews of this scale, and the instrument itself.Authors provide instrument validity and/or reliability information.

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Test of Science Related Attitudes (TOSRA)

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The Test of Science Related Attitudes (TOSRA) assesses science-related attitudes along seven dimensions: social implications of science, normality of scientists, attitude toward scientific inquiry, adoption of scientific attitudes, enjoyment of science lessons, leisure interest in science, and career interest in science. The TOSRA includes 70 items, each measured on a 5-point Likert scale; these items comprise 7 subscales with 10 items each.TOSRA-2 is comprised of two 35-statement questionnaires (pretest/protest). It is used with adults and children. The cross-cultural validity of TOSRA has

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North Carolina Test of Geometry

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The North Carolina Test of Geometry is a 60-item, multiple choice achievement test to be administered following the completion of the Geometry course of study.The link provided includes the North Carolina Test of Geometry, its answer key, and a raw to scale score conversion.

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Science Teacher Inquiry Rubric (STIR)

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The Science Teacher Inquiry Rubric (STIR) was developed based upon the National Science Education Standards essential features of inquiry instruction. This instrument was developed to serve as a self-assessment tool for elementary school teachers to understand how they implement the essential features of inquiry into their classroom instruction.The links and attachments provide access to the STIR and its documentation.Authors provide instrument validity and/or reliability information.

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21st Century Skills Assessment

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Learning.com's 21st Century Skills Assessment provides deeper insight into students' grasp of critical 21st century skills. The 21st Century Skills Assessment uses a psychometrically validated blend of interactive, performance-based questions that allow students to authentically perform complex tasks in simulated applications, and multiple choice, knowledge-based questions. The assessment helps to learn more about students' performance in all 24 standards in the six strands of the ISTE Standards-S: creativity, innovation, information fluency, critical thinking, decision making and digital

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Students Leaving Engineering Survey

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The Students Leaving Engineering Survey is designed to be used in conjunction with the 'Students Persisting in Engineering' measures. Together, these measure both male and female students' reasons for transferring out (or planning to transfer out) of engineering programs.

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Technology Self-Assessment Tool (TSAT)

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The Technology Self-Assessment Tool (TSAT) has been designed for:teachers, to determine their own levels of technology proficiency and to identify personal technology professional development needs;schools/districts, to assess their professional development needs and to plan professional development activities that will help all teachers become proficient in technology;and, the State, to gather and report data on technology competencies and technology professional development.The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education adapted the Technology Self-Assessment Tool

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TerraNova 3: Science

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TerraNova, Third Edition utilizes multiple assessments to measures important higher-order thinking skills as well as basic and applied skills. These assessments generate norm-referenced achievement scores, criterion-referenced objective mastery scores, and performance-level information. The assessments include reading, language, mathematics, science, and social studies tests for grades 1-12. It is the only standardized achievement test to combine selected-response items with constructed-response items that ask students to produce their own responses. The TerraNova website provides access to

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Constructivist Learning Environment Survey (CLES)

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The Constructivist Learning Environment Survey (CLES) is a 42-item questionnaire which uses a 5-point Likert scale measuring students' experience of science or math instruction. Students are asked a variety of questions measuring Personal Relevance, Critical Voice, Shared Control, Uncertainy, Student Negotiation, Commitment, and Teacher Support. The Personal Relevance scale is concerned with the connectedness of school science to students' out-of-school experiences. The Student Negotiation scale focuses on whether teachers' pedagogical attention extends beyond the traditional social activity

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Academic Self-Perception

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This five question survey uses a 7-point Likert scale and was designed to measure concepts related to youths' feelings about school. Derived from the School Attitudes Assessment Survey (McCoach, 2002), the academic self-perception subscale measures the extent to which children have a positive self-perception about their academic abilities. It is based upon research findings that show that children who have a more positive self-perception exhibit greater academic achievement. The link and pdf provided share the Academic Self-Perception subscale only.

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