How are primary school computer science curricular reforms contributing to equity? Impact on student learning, perception of the discipline, and gender gaps

International Journal of STEM Education

Table 6 Student perception survey items translated from French

Dimension	Concept	Question	Format
Computer Science	Interest	I like informatics	5PT-AVS
	Self-efficacy	I am capable of learning informatics	5PT-AVS
	Utility	We can do a lot of things with informatics	5PT-AVS
	Role models	When I think of someone who does informatics I think of (you can chose multiple answers):	Checkboxes
		The teacher
		My mother
		My father
		A sibling or friend
		Somebody else
		Nobody
Robotics	Interest	I like robots	5PT-AVS
	Self-efficacy	I am capable of using robots	5PT-AVS
	Utility	We can do a lot of things with robots	5PT-AVS
	Usage	When I am at school or at home I use or play with the following robots (you can chose multiple answers):	Checkboxes
		Thymio
		Bluebot
		Lego Robots (WeDo, Spike, Prime, Mindstorm or Technic)
		Cubetto
		mBot
		Ozobot
		Other robots
Tablets	Interest	I like tablets	5PT-AVS
	Self-efficacy	I am capable of using tablets	5PT-AVS
	Utility	We can do a lot of things with tablets	5PT-AVS
	Usage	When I am at school or at home I use a tablet or computer to (you can chose multiple answers)	Checkboxes
		Take photos and videos
		Call, text, watch videos or listen to music
		Play games
		Read
		Programme (e.g. Scratch)
		Draw, create interactive albums or music
		Nothing
General	School-related self-efficacy	I am capable of doing well at school	5PT-AVS

Cronbach’s \(\alpha _{\text{CS, Robotcs, Tablets}}=0.67\) for the 9 items consisting of 3 sub-scales using the 5-point Analogue Visual Scale (5PT-AVS) and is considered to be between acceptable and good (George & Mallery, 2003), and to have between moderate and high reliability (Hinton, 2004)
Please note that the items pertaining to the usage of robots and tablets are not investigated in the present article