A shortened version of the Three Dimension Elementary Science Attitude Survey
(TDSAS) was administered to the elementary students in this study (Zhang and
Campbell 2010). The TDSAS is a five-point likert scale science attitude survey
based on the tripartite theory of attitudes and consisted of three constructs: Student
affective feeling about science, student cognitive judgment of science based on
values and beliefs, and student behavioral tendencies in learning science. Internal
consistency and internal reliability measures using Cronbach’s Alpha for the three
TDSAS subscales ranged from 0.65 to 0.83, which is considered moderate internal
consistency (Bland and Altman 1997). The decision to use the TDSAS was based on
several research findings that suggest student science attitudes are linked to student
achievement and motivation in taking science courses and pursuing science related
careers