extended · article · 2025

Assessing students’ sustainability consciousness in biology learning: empirical evidence through rasch analysis

Ikmanisa Khairati; Lufri Lufri; Festiyed Festiyed; Usmeldi Usmeldi; Mawardi Mawardi; George Engelhard Jr.

Sustainability consciousness acts as a compass in making considerations, behaving, and acting with attention to sustainability aspects. This research aims to determine how the sustainability consciousness of high school students is assessed using the Sustainability Consciousness Questionnaire (SCQ), which has been adapted and tailored to the research context. The collected data were analyzed using comprehensive Rasch modeling to measure latent variables. The Rasch analysis was conducted using the Winsteps application, focusing on validity, reliability, student sustainability consciousness, and Differential Item Functioning (DIF). Based on the Rasch analysis, it was found that the sustainability consciousness of the students was relatively good and varied across three analyzed dimensions: sustainability knowingness, sustainability attitudes, and sustainability behavior. The DIF analysis r...