Hi Larry,

I don't have a ready-made survey for you to use, but I would recommend a simple Likert scale that you would create. I would utilize available literature and or your own/co-researcher's knowledge to create a perception survey. I would have outside experts vet the questions so as to establish external validity. I would then pilot your study with an adequate number of students to determine question reliability. I'm assuming that you have a fellow research/campus person or perhaps you yourself who is familiar with SPSS and the necessary number of responses to determine question reliability. After establishing the determining the external validity and question reliability and revising your questionnaire, I'd administer the study on a large-scale basis.

Boyd

Hello Prof Burton,

I haven't seen the full text of this, but it might be helpful:

Francis, L. J., & Greer, J. E. (1999). Measuring attitude towards science among secondary school students: The affective domain. Research in Science & Technological Education, 17(2), 219-226.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/248981366

The authors are on ResearchGate so might be able to let you know how much it had been used.

This is another, although it is among college students, not those at high school:

Lovelace, M., & Brickman, P. (2013). Best practices for measuring students’ attitudes toward learning science. CBE-Life Sciences Education, 12(4), 606-617.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3846512/

This was a paper presented:

Johnson J. (1997) Measuring Attitudes in Science: What Exactly are we Measuring and Why?

http://www.leeds.ac.uk/educol/documents/000000318.htm

Very best wishes,

Mary

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What an excellent collection of resources @Mary C R Wilson! Thanks for sharing! Would welcome any leads relevant to measuring primary school students' attitudes toward science. Thanks again! 

In 2002 we copyrighted a Adolescent Science Attitudes Questionnaire with the US Copyright Office.   It was designed and administered to students in grades 5 - 11.  We also designed and administered a scenario, also copyrighted about a scientist who welcomes students to the laboratory where one knocks over a rack of test tubes.  We ask for three sentences about what happens next.  We have data from 2002, 2006, and 2015 which we hope to publish soon.  

I would love to coordinate a discussion about girls and science and how to change the perceptions and numbers.  Sue Sacks

High school students' attitudes towards science could be measured with adaption of our questionnaires: