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
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 ordisagree with each statement by circling the appropriateresponse.
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?
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.