{"id":17,"date":"2023-09-12T15:55:45","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T19:55:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.usnh.edu\/mla1011\/?page_id=17"},"modified":"2024-01-19T11:59:54","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T16:59:54","slug":"math-biology-values-instrument","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.usnh.edu\/mla1011\/research\/math-biology-values-instrument\/","title":{"rendered":"Math-Biology Values Instrument"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t<p>We developed and validated the Math-Biology Values Instrument (MBVI) as a measure of life science majors attitudes toward using mathematics in biology (Andrews et al. 2017).<\/p>\n<p>The MBVI was developed using expectancy-value theory (Eccles et al. 1983, Wigfiled and Eccles 2000), which posits that students&#8217; performance on a task and their choice of tasks (e.g. course choice) are influenced by the values they place on a task.<\/p>\n<p>The 11-item survey uses Likert-type responses (strongly disagree to strongly agree) to measure life science majors&#8217;: (1) interest in using mathematics to understand biology, (2) perceptions of usefulness of mathematics for students&#8217; future life science careers, and (3) perceptions of the cost of including math in biology courses (e.g. extra effort or worries about grades).<\/p>\n<p>The MBVI is available for use in research and teaching (click on the image to the right for a pamphlet which includes the full MBVI and instructions, or follow the link below to the open-access journal article on the development and validation of the MBVI).<\/p>\n<strong>References<\/strong>\n<p>Andrews, S.E., Runyon, C., Aikens, M.L. (2017). The Math-Biology Values Instrument: Development of a tool to measure undergraduate life science majors&#8217; task-values toward using math in the context of biology.\u00a0<a title=\"Link to open-access journal article\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lifescied.org\/content\/16\/3\/ar45.full.pdf+html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>CBE &#8211; Life Sciences Education<\/em>\u00a016:ar45<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Eccles, J., Adler, T.F., Futterman, R., Goff, S.B., Kaczala, C.M., Meece, J.L., Midgley, C. (1983). Expectancies, values, and academic behaviors. In J.T. Spence (Ed.),\u00a0<em>Achievement and achievement approaches<\/em>\u00a0(pp. 75-146). San Francisco, CA: W.H. Freeman and Company.<\/p>\n<p>Wigfield, A., Eccles, J.S. (2000). Expectancy-value theory of achievement motivation.\u00a0<em>Contemporary Educational Psychology<\/em>, 25, 68-81.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.usnh.edu\/mla1011\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/173\/2023\/09\/mbvi-pamphlet_cover.jpg\" alt=\"mbvi-pamphlet_cover\" itemprop=\"image\" height=\"551\" width=\"216\" title=\"mbvi-pamphlet_cover\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\"  \/>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We developed and validated the Math-Biology Values Instrument (MBVI) as a measure of life science majors attitudes toward using mathematics in biology (Andrews et al. 2017). 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