Department of Biology, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA 22807.
Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX 79409.
CBE Life Sci Educ. 2024 Dec;23(4):ar55. doi: 10.1187/cbe.24-01-0028.
Students who hold minoritized identities are underrepresented in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields. Educational institutions often apply a deficit lens to understanding disproportionate outcomes between minoritized students and those from the cultural majority. Community Cultural Wealth (CCW) is an asset-based framework that focuses on the cultural strengths that diverse students develop in response to oppressive social structures, and which students use to be successful. Using a QuantCrit approach, we developed and collected evidence of validity for a measure of CCW. QuantCrit is a methodological framework that challenges researchers to critically evaluate their own biases to produce more equitable analyses. Each author reflected upon our experiences and the ways in which CCW manifested within our lived experiences. Through iterative reflection and discussion, we elected to design items that capture intersecting forms of CCW capital. We conducted cognitive interviews with minoritized students identifying with both seen and unseen forms of diversity to collect evidence of validity based on response process and to avoid construct underrepresentation. The resulting measure consists of 100 items on a 6-point response scale of agreement. Our methodological approach integrates teachings from critical theories to challenge deficit narratives and to capture the experiences of those frequently unheard by the majority culture.
少数群体身份的学生在科学、技术、工程和数学（STEM）领域的代表性不足。教育机构在理解少数族裔学生和文化多数族裔学生之间不成比例的结果时，往往采用缺陷视角。社区文化财富（CCW）是一个基于资产的框架，它关注的是多样化学生在应对压迫性社会结构时所发展的文化优势，而这些优势是学生取得成功的关键。我们采用 QuantCrit 方法，开发并收集了 CCW 衡量标准的有效性证据。QuantCrit 是一种方法论框架，它要求研究人员批判性地评估自己的偏见，以产生更公平的分析。每位作者都反思了我们的经验，以及 CCW 在我们生活经历中的表现方式。通过反复的反思和讨论，我们决定设计能够捕捉到 CCW 资本的交叉形式的项目。我们对少数族裔学生进行了认知访谈，这些学生认同可见和不可见的多样性形式，以根据反应过程收集有效性证据，并避免构建代表性不足。最终的衡量标准包括 100 个项目，采用 6 点同意反应量表。我们的方法学方法整合了批判性理论的教学，以挑战缺陷叙事，并捕捉到那些经常被主流文化所忽视的人的经验。
