How would you measure the students’ attitudes toward this lecture?

AFFECTIVE MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENTS

CUIN 6378 Instructional Evaluation

Presented by

Lauro DavalosJessica Tovar-HilbertLora SmithYen Ngo Rachel Ong

What are Affective Instruments? They are instruments that measure

characteristics of individuals along a number of dimensions and to assess feelings, values, and attitudes toward self, others, and a variety of other activities, institutions, and situations (Jacobs, nd)

Distinguishing Behavior from Attitude

Behaviors refer to what are expressed overtly such as seeing, looking, hearing, yelling, saying, keeping quiet, etc. They are what people focus on to conclude that the others have bad or good attitudes.

Attitudes are fairly consistent and stable ways that people think and feel about or react to other people, places, things, or ideas.

Because attitudes reflect people internal thoughts and feelings, they are not directly observable. Therefore, we always draw conclusions about unobservable attitudes based on observable behaviors.

Affective Instrument Examples

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Sociogram

Affective Instrument Examples

Two-Point Scale

Directions: Circle yes or no to indicate whether you agree or disagreewith statement.

1. I read books in my spare time. Yes No2. I prefer fiction to nonfiction books. Yes No3. I think reading is fun. Yes No

Affective Instrument Examples

Likert Scale

Directions: Indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with each statement by circling the appropriate response.

1. I read books in my spare time.

Strongly Agree Agree Undecided Disagree Strongly Disagree

2. I prefer fiction to nonfiction books. Strongly Agree Agree Undecided Disagree Strongly Disagree

3. I think reading is fun. Strongly Agree Agree Undecided Disagree Strongly Disagree

Activity 1: Try An Instrument What type of affective instrument was

presented and how did you know what is was?

Respondents indicate to which extent they agree or disagree with each statement.

Scores 1-5 assigned for negatively worded statements

Scores 5-1 assigned for positively worded statements

Affective Instrument Examples1. I read books in my spare time.

Strongly Agree Agree Undecided Disagree Strongly Disagree

5 4 3 2 1

2. I prefer fiction to nonfiction books. Strongly Agree Agree Undecided Disagree Strongly Disagree

5 4 3 2 1

3. I think reading is fun. Strongly Agree Agree Undecided Disagree Strongly Disagree

5 4 3 2 1

Scoring Likert Scales The overall score suggests whether the

individual’s attitude is favorable or unfavorable

To get the mean attitude score, sum up the weights (assigned score) for the options and divide by the number of questions

Try scoring your own response

Use of Affective Instruments Determine current performance Progress towards goals (behavioral and

attitudinal) Parents/teachers/learners will know

current performance Assess children with disabilities better

Advantages 1. They are quick and economical to

administer and score.2. They are easily adapted to most

attitude measurement situations.3. They provide direct and reliable

assessment of attitudes when scales are well constructed.

4. They lend themselves well to item analysis procedures.

Disadvantages1. Results are easily faked where

individuals want to present a false impression of their attitudes.

2. Intervals between points on the scale do not represent equal changes in attitude for all individuals.

3. Internal consistency of the scale may be difficult to achieve.

4. Good attitude statements take time to construct.

How would you measure the students’ attitudes toward this lecture?

ReferencesJacobs, R. (nd). Educational research:

Instruments. Retrieved from http://www83.homepage.villanova.edu/richard.jacobs/EDU%208603/lessons/instruments.ppt

Kubiszyn, T., & Borich, G. (2007). Educational testing and measurement: Classroom application and practice (8 ed). New York: Wiley.