The Validity of Self-Report Measures in Assessing Historical Knowledge: The Case of Canada’s Residential Schools

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC) strives to increase public education regarding residential schools. A baseline measure of the public’s residential school knowledge could be useful to evaluate the progress of the TRC. The National Benchmark Survey, Urban Aboriginal Peoples Stu...

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Published in:International indigenous policy journal 2017-07, Vol.8 (3), p.1-10
Main Authors: Boese, Greg D. B., Neufeld, Katelin H. S., Starzyk, Katherine B.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
American Indians
Boarding schools
historical knowledge
History
Indigenous peoples
Knowledge
Multiple choice
Native North Americans
Public opinion
Public schools
residential schools
Schools
Self report
self-report measures
Truth and reconciliation commissions
Undergraduate students
Validity
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Summary:The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC) strives to increase public education regarding residential schools. A baseline measure of the public’s residential school knowledge could be useful to evaluate the progress of the TRC. The National Benchmark Survey, Urban Aboriginal Peoples Study, and Canadian Public Opinion on Aboriginal Peoples Report are three existing surveys that provide such a baseline, though each use only self-report measures. We measured residential school knowledge of 2,250 non-Indigenous Canadian undergraduate students through self-report (subjective) and multiple-choice (objective) measures. Analyses revealed a statistically significant correlation between self-reported and objective knowledge of residential schools.
ISSN:1916-5781
1916-5781
DOI:10.18584/iipj.2017.8.3.3