RCR educators should select or develop measures aligned with core RCR competencies and targeted learning outcomes, using the review's overview¶

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Description¶

The review offers its comprehensive overview of 15 validated measures as guidance for educators and researchers choosing evaluation instruments. Educators should match a measure's content (RI vs RE topics) and targeted learning outcomes (knowledge, attitude, sensitivity, judgement, behaviour) to their course's presuppositions and goals, and check the extent of its validation evidence. The authors also recommend developing new measures for topics currently missing from validated instruments.

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• Measures must be accessible and have supporting validation evidence and content related to research practice to support cross-study comparison

Constraints¶

• Cross-study comparability is limited because no measure was validated across multiple cultural contexts and most were normed on U.S. samples

Target Learners¶

• RCR course educators
• researchers evaluating RCR education

Target Learning Goals¶

• selecting appropriate outcome measures for RCR course evaluation
• aligning assessment with course learning outcomes

Affordances¶

• Rcr Validation Evidence Framework Fenn Extended

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Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• M. van Loon, D. Crean, M. van den Hoven, J. Katsarov, N. Evans. (2026). How is the Impact of Responsible Conduct of Research Education Evaluated? A Review of Measures Used and a Content Analysis of Outcome Measures with Reported Validation Evidence. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-026-10187-8