Análisis cuantitativo de ítems complejos de opción múltiple en ciencia, tecnología y sociedad: Escalamiento de ítems Quantitative Analysis of Complex Multiple-Choice Items in Science Technology and Society: Item Scaling

The scarce attention to assessment and evaluation in science education research has been especially harmful for Science-Technology-Society (STS) education, due to the dialectic, tentative, value-laden, and controversial nature of most STS topics. To overcome the methodological pitfalls of the STS assessment instruments used in the past, an empirically developed instrument (VOSTS, Views on Science-Technology-Society) have been suggested. Some...