Promising Practices for School Organization of Mental Health Supports
Category: Student Well-Being
Instrument Overview
Expert Notes AvailableView expert commentary on strengths and cautions for this instrument
Strengths
Captures how interests are shaped by learning environments, relationships, and opportunities
Useful for career exploration and guidance in educational settings
Flexible across secondary, postsecondary, and informal learning contexts
Cautions
Not suitable for quick screening or high-stakes decision making
Developed by Dierks et al. (2014) and adapted by Blankenburg et al. (2016) and Dierks et al. (2016), this questionnaire contains 93 Likert-style items graded on a four-point rating scale. It contains 3 science contexts: biology, chemistry, and physics.
This survey tool was designed for younger students to measure their interest in different kinds of science activities (like experimenting, drawing, or group work) across school subjects like biology, chemistry, and physics. It lets teachers and researchers see not just what type of activity students prefer, but also in which subject they find it most engaging. The goal is to better understand what sparks interest in science at an early age so schools can build on it. The focus of this instrument is to connect activities with subject matter contexts such as: investigtating plants (biology), drawing a candle (chemistry), or organizing information about floating objects (physics.)
Organization
Topic
Collection Category(ies)
Content
Grades
6th Grade
Languages
English,
German
Respondent
Student
Administration Information
Length
93 items
Access and Use
Price
Free
Contact
Pay O. Dierks:
Email: dierks@ipn.uni-kiel.de
Heide Peters:
Email: hpeters@leibniz-ipn.de
Tim Hoffler:
Email:hoeffler@leibniz-ipn.de
Ilka Parchmann:
Email: parchmann@leibniz-ipn.de
Open Access
Yes
Use in Research
Question on Psychometric References
Psychometrics (additional guidance)
Psychometric References
Dierks, P. O., Höffler, T. N., Blankenburg, J. S., Peters, H., & Parchmann, I. (2016). Interest in science: a RIASEC-based analysis of students’ interests. International Journal of Science Education, 38(2), 238–258. https://doi.org/10.1080/09500693.2016.1138337
BLANKENBURG, J. S., HÖFFLER, T. N., & PARCHMANN, I. (2015). Fostering Today What is Needed Tomorrow: Investigating Students’ Interest in Science. Science Education, 100(2), 364–391. https://doi.org/10.1002/sce.21204
Item Type
Likert
