TABLE 1.

Assessment instrument table.

Assessment Instrument Name	Acronym	Primary Aim	Secondary Aim	Validation Population	Answer Type	How Administered	Number of Items/Time to Administer	Scoring	Citation
Blooming Biology Tool	BBT	Cognitive skills	Critical thinking	University of Washington	Open-ended	In class or online	NA	Moderate – rubric	(20)
California Critical Thinking Skills Test	CCTST a	Cognitive skills	Critical thinking	California State University Fullerton	Multiple choice	Online	45 min	Easy	(28)
Critical Thinking Assessment Test	CAT a	Cognitive skills	Critical thinking	Multiple populations	Open-ended	In class	15 open-ended items	Moderate – scoring guide	(59)
Study Process Questionnaire	R-SPQ-2F	Cognitive skills	Deep and surface learning	UG in Hong Kong	Likert-type	In class	20 items	Easy	(6)
Networking Scaleb		Communication	Networking	University of Pittsburgh	Likert-type	Online	5 items	Easy	(34)
Perceived Cohesion Scale	PCS	Community and collaboration	Sense of belonging	Multiple ages & populations	Likert-type	In class	6 items	Easy	(7)
Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking	TTCT/ATTA	Creativity	Creativity	Multiple ages & populations	Open-ended		15 min	Moderate – scoring guide	(63)
Environmental Attitudes Inventory	EAI	Environmental Awareness	Environmental Attitudes	Multiple ages & populations	Likert-type	Online	24 or 72 items	Easy	(50)
New Ecological Paradigm Scale	NEP	Environmental awareness	Environmental awareness	Multiple ages & populations	Likert-type		15 items	Easy	(26)
Grit Scale	Grit	Grit	Perseverance, self-control, passion	Multiple ages & populations	Likert-type	In class	12 items	Easy	(25)
Views About Sciences Survey	VASS	Nature of science	Nature of science	Multiple ages & populations	Contrasting alternatives design (multiple choice)	In class	30 items	Easy	(32)
Views on the Nature of Science	VNOS-C	Nature of science	Nature of science	Multiple ages & populations	Open-ended	In class	45–60 min	Difficult – inter-rater & interviews	(44)
Project Ownership Survey	POS	Ownership	Project ownership	Multiple UG populations	Likert-type	Online	16 items	Easy	(33)
Career Decision Making Survey – Self Authorship	CDMS-SA	Ownership	Self-authorship	Multiple populations	Likert-type		18 items	Easy	(19)
Laboratory Course Assessment Survey	LCAS	Perceptions of biology	Collaboration, discovery and relevance, iteration	Multiple UG populations	Likert-type	Online	17 items	Easy	(18)
Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey	CLASS-Bio	Personal gains in context of science	Attitudes about discipline specific science/problem solving	University of British Columbia, University of Colorado Boulder	Likert-type	Online pre/post	31 items	Easy	(54)
Classroom Undergraduate Research Experience	CURE	Personal gains in context of science	Attitudes about science		Likert-type	Online pre/post	Adaptable,15 min	Easy – done by author	(46)
Research on the Integrated Science Curriculum	RISC	Personal gains in context of science	Attitudes about science – interdisciplinary		Likert-type	Online pre/post	Adaptable	Easy – done by author
Science Motivation Questionnaire II	SMQII	Personal gains in context of science	Motivation to learn science	University of Georgia	Likert-type	In class or online	25 items	Easy	(29)
Survey of Undergraduate Research Experiences	SURE	Personal gains in context of science	Personal gains (UREs)	Multiple UG populations	Likert-type	Online pre/post	44 items	Easy – done by author	(45)
Undergraduate Student Self-Assessment Instrument	URSSA	Personal gains in context of science	Personal gains in context of science (UREs)	Multiple UG populations	Likert-type	Online post	Adaptable	Easy	(65)
Student Assessment of Learning Gains	SALG	Personal gains in context of science	Student perception of inquiry labs	Multiple UG populations	Likert-type	Online	5 items	Easy	(55)
Molecular Biology Data Analysis Test	MBDAT	Process of science	Data analysis	Multiple UG populations	Multiple choice	In class and online pre/post	20 items		(52)
Results Analysis Concept Inventory	RACI	Process of science	Data analysis	University of British Columbia	Multiple choice	In class pre/post	12 items	Easy
Biological Experimental Design Concept Inventory	BEDCI	Process of science	Experimental design	University of British Columbia	Multiple choice	In class pre/post	14 items, 18 minutes	Easy	(23)
Expanded Experimental Design Ability Test	E-EDAT	Process of science	Experimental design	University of Washington	Open-ended	In class and online pre/post		Moderate – rubric	(15)
Experimental Design – First Year Undergraduate		Process of science	Experimental design	University of British Columbia	Multiple choice	In class pre/post	18 items	Easy
Experimental Design Ability Test	EDAT	Process of science	Experimental design	Bowling Green State	Open-ended	In class pre/post	10–12 min	Moderate – rubric	(58)
Rubric for Experimental Design	RED	Process of science	Experimental design	Midwestern Research University	Writing sample	Pre-post online	NA	Moderate – rubric	(21)
Test of Scientific Literacy Skills	TOSLS	Process of science	Scientific literacy	Multiple populations	Multiple choice	In class pre/post	30 min	Easy	(30)
Classroom Test of Scientific Reasoning	CTSR	Process of science	Scientific reasoning	Multiple populations	Open-ended	Multiple choice	13 items	Moderate	(43)
The Rubric for Science Writing	Rubric	Process of science	Scientific reasoning/science communication	University of South Carolina	Writing-sample	Out of class	NA	Moderate – rubric	(62)
National Survey of Student Engagement	NSSE a	Student engagement	Student engagement	Multiple ages & populations	Likert-type	Online	70 items	Easy	(41)

^aIndicates that the instrument has a fee for use;

^bInstrument is to be used in conjunction with the POS.

Blank cells indicate that the information was not specified.

NA = not applicable; UG = undergraduate; URE = undergraduate research experience.