Evaluating the Affective Dimension in Chemistry Education - Affective Dimensions in Chemistry Education - page 38

Table 1 Blueprint of the affective instrument
No Indicator Number of items Question/statement scale

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2. Writing the Instrument

Table 1 is the blueprint of the affective instrument.
The following are examples of indicators and statements that should be written
in the blueprint.

Instrument of Motivation in Learning Chemistry Motivation is an internal state that
arouses, directs, and sustains students

behavior and has constructs such as intrinsic
and extrinsic motivation, goal oriented, self-determination, self-efficacy, and anx-
iety (Glynn & Koballa, 2006 ). For example, the goal-oriented construct has two
indicators— performance goal and achievement goal —which can be measured
using the following statements:
Indicator: Performance Goal
- I participate in science courses to get a good grade.
- I participate in science courses to perform better than other students.
- I participate in science courses so that other students think that I

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m smart.

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Indicator: Achievement Goal
- During a chemistry course, I feel most fulfilled when I attain a good score in
a test.
- I feel most fulfilled when I feel confident about the content in a chemistry course.
- During a chemistry course, I feel most fulfilled when I am able to solve a difficult
problem.
- During a chemistry course, I feel most fulfilled when the teacher accepts my
ideas.

Instrument of Self-concept Self-concept is a description of one s own perceived

self accompanied by an evaluative judgment of self-worth. One of the indicators
concerning self-concept of the chemistry subject is self-concept of ability. The
statements for the indicator could be the following:

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- I am good at chemistry.
- Chemistry content is rather easy for me to learn.
- I solve chemistry exercises very easily.

Instrument of Morals Morality is behavior that conforms to some code of conduct
that is held to be authoritative in matters of right and wrong. For example, morals in
chemistry have an indicator of awareness of science and societal issues. The
following are the examples of items or statements used to assess students morals

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relating science and society: