As these edits were being made to the pilot 6th through 12th grade survey, now called the
“Middle/High School Student Attitudes toward STEM Survey,” the authors developed a version
of the survey for 4th through 5th grade student students. Using the original Pilot Student
Attitudes toward STEM Survey (without the edits to the engineering section, the removal of
negative wording, or the dropped questions), the research team slightly altered each question to
use language that might be more familiar to fourth- and fifth-grade students. For example, “I am
confident I can include others’ perspectives when making decisions” was re-written to read,
“When I make decisions, I think about what is good for other people.” The evaluators edited the
careers section by simplifying the descriptions of each career pathway and removing the lists of
sample occupations