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Volume 10,Issue 8
15 March 2022
An Assessment Scale for Evaluating the Experimental Design Ability of Elementary Science Teachers Based on Primary Trait Analysis
Saiqi Tian ,
Jinxing Zhu ,
Chuyin Chen ,
Zhiqing Wang
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College of Education, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou 325035, Zhejiang Province, China ,
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College of Education, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou 325035, Zhejiang Province, China ,
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College of Education, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou 325035, Zhejiang Province, China; Tiantai Primary School, Taizhou 317299, Zhejiang Province, China,
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College of Education, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou 325035, Zhejiang Province, China ,
JCER 2022 , 6(3), 12–20;
https://doi.org/10.26689/jcer.v6i3.3574
Abstract
In this study, an assessment scale for evaluating the experimental design ability of elementary science teachers was constructed based on primary trait analysis. This assessment scale contains three first-level indexes and eleven second-level indexes. The corresponding weights of indexes were determined by the objective weighting method. The scores of all the descriptions of the indexes were also assigned. After a trial test, this assessment scale was verified to be reliable and valid for evaluating the experimental design ability of elementary science teachers.
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