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Empirically supporting school STEM culture—The creation and validation of the STEM Culture Assessment Tool (STEM‐CAT)
Author(s) -
White Chris,
Marshall Jeff C.,
Alston Danny
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
school science and mathematics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.135
H-Index - 2
eISSN - 1949-8594
pISSN - 0036-6803
DOI - 10.1111/ssm.12356
Subject(s) - cronbach's alpha , construct (python library) , stem cell , psychology , pedagogy , psychometrics , developmental psychology , computer science , biology , genetics , programming language
School STEM Culture—an aspect of culture within a school community—is defined as the beliefs, values, practices, and resources in STEM fields as perceived by students, parents, teachers, and administrators and counselors within a school. This study validates the STEM Culture Assessment Tool (STEM‐CAT), an instrument intended to advance the use of the School STEM Culture construct within the research community. Internal consistency was determined through the use of Cronbach's alpha and factor analyses, and the instrument was found to be a reliable measure of School STEM Culture. The instrument can be used in future research to quantify School STEM Culture to determine if interventions change the culture of a school to further STEM education.