Purpose

The ASCI assesses students’ attitudes regarding “chemistry” as a body of knowledge or practices.

The constructs the ASCI measures are chemistry:

1. Interest and Utility

2. Anxiety

3. Intellectual Accessibility

4. Fear

5. Emotional Satisfaction

Population

The ASCI is commonly administered in university chemistry courses in courses for majors and non-majors.

Validity

Study describing the validation process for the ASCI:

• Bauer, C. F. (2008). Attitude toward chemistry: A semantic differential instrument for assessing curriculum impacts. Journal of Chemical Education, 85(10), 1440.

Research

We recommend using Google Scholar to find the most up-to-date studies that use the instrument.

Example LASSO Report

Please follow this link to our example report for concept inventories.

Similar Instruments

• Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey (CLASS) - Chemistry

• Chemistry Expectations Survey (CHEMX)

• Meaningful Learning in Laboratory Instruments (MLLI)