Development of Marine Science Affect Scale for Junior High School Students in Taiwan: Testing for Measurement Invariance

Liang-Ting Tsai; Cheng-Chieh Chang; Chin-Kuo Wu

doi:10.12973/ejmste/79328

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Liang-Ting Tsai ¹, Cheng-Chieh Chang ¹ ^* , Chin-Kuo Wu ¹

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¹ National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, TAIWAN^* Corresponding Author

Abstract

This study constructed a marine science affect scale to understand junior high school students’ emotions toward the ocean. This work comprised three stages. First, the researcher compiled factors and items associated with marine perception through an extensive literature review. Second, the compiled factors, the items of each factor, and their content validity were examined by eight experts, and a scale was constructed containing 7 items with 2 factors. Third, this was tested on a sample of 1,683 Taiwanese junior high students. The results from a series of multigroup confirmatory factor analyses supported the reliability, content and construct validity, and gender invariance of the questionnaire.

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marine science affect scale
marine education
negative affect
positive affect

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EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed, 2018, Volume 14, Issue 1, 53-60

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Tsai, L.-T., Chang, C.-C., & Wu, C.-K. (2018). Development of Marine Science Affect Scale for Junior High School Students in Taiwan: Testing for Measurement Invariance. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 14(1), 53-60. https://doi.org/10.12973/ejmste/79328

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Tsai LT, Chang CC, Wu CK. Development of Marine Science Affect Scale for Junior High School Students in Taiwan: Testing for Measurement Invariance. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2018;14(1):53-60. https://doi.org/10.12973/ejmste/79328

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Tsai LT, Chang CC, Wu CK. Development of Marine Science Affect Scale for Junior High School Students in Taiwan: Testing for Measurement Invariance. EURASIA J Math Sci Tech Ed. 2018;14(1), 53-60. https://doi.org/10.12973/ejmste/79328

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Tsai, Liang-Ting, Cheng-Chieh Chang, and Chin-Kuo Wu. "Development of Marine Science Affect Scale for Junior High School Students in Taiwan: Testing for Measurement Invariance". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education 2018 14 no. 1 (2018): 53-60. https://doi.org/10.12973/ejmste/79328

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Tsai, L.-T., Chang, C.-C., and Wu, C.-K. (2018). Development of Marine Science Affect Scale for Junior High School Students in Taiwan: Testing for Measurement Invariance. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 14(1), pp. 53-60. https://doi.org/10.12973/ejmste/79328

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Tsai, Liang-Ting et al. "Development of Marine Science Affect Scale for Junior High School Students in Taiwan: Testing for Measurement Invariance". Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, vol. 14, no. 1, 2018, pp. 53-60. https://doi.org/10.12973/ejmste/79328