scholarly journals Turkish Teacher Candidates’ Self-Efficacies to Use Listening Strategies Scale: A Validity and Reliability Study

SAGE Open ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 215824402110231
Author(s):  
Mehmet Kurudayıoğlu ◽  
Emre Yazıcı ◽  
Talha Göktentürk
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Item Pool ◽  
Listening Skills ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Reliability Study ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Last Stage ◽  
Listening Strategies

This study aimed to develop Turkish Teacher Candidates’ Self-Efficacies to Use Listening Strategies Scale. Therefore, the study was designed in sequential explanatory design, and sequential timing has been followed. First, the interview study was conducted with 40 participants, and the qualitative data were analyzed through content analysis. Subsequently, an item pool was designed via the findings obtained from the qualitative findings and literature review. Afterward, the draft form was applied to Turkish teacher candidates and 345 valid forms were obtained. As a result of the exploratory factor analysis conducted for the data obtained, we determined that the items were collected in four factors in total. The Cronbach’s alpha coefficient was calculated as .927 for the scale. Confirmatory factor analysis was performed in the last stage, and finally, we found that all factors are statistically significant and the obtained model has a good fit. In addition, we determined that the qualitative findings have chronological categorization and the quantitative findings have thematical categorization. This means that thematic categorization to the listening strategies can be more appropriate for listening skills. Consequently, the scale can be used in determining the self-efficacy perceptions of Turkish teacher candidates to use listening strategies. Furthermore, the scale can contribute to similar studies in the literature.

scholarly journals A scale development study on measuring science teachers' autonomy on curriculum

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-52
Author(s):  
Okan Yolcu ◽  
Ruken AKAR VURAL
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Science Teachers ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Professional Autonomy ◽  
Item Pool ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Expert Review ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Pilot Implementation

The purpose of this study is to develop a Teachers' Autonomy on Curriculum Scale. For this aim, an item pool consisted of 50-item was prepared for the study. These scale items were reduced to 29 items after expert review and pilot implementation. This preliminary form was applied to 178 science teachers working in secondary schools in Izmir, Turkey. Validity and reliability studies have been done and Cronbach's Alpha internal consistency coefficient was calculated as .82. The scale is four-dimensional and reveals 67.4% of the total variance. The scale has four sub-scales (Professional Autonomy, Process Autonomy, Assessment Autonomy, and Planning Autonomy). Confirmatory factor analysis results support that the scale consisted of four subscales (RMSEA= .05, CFI= .98, AGFI= .89, RMR= .05, GFI= .93, SRMR= .06).

scholarly journals Democracy Scale For Teacher Candidates: A Validity And Reliability Study

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fatih Kaya
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
Study Groups ◽  
Independent Study ◽  
Measurement Tool ◽  
Study Group ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Faculty Of Education

The aim of this study was to develop a valid and reliable measurement tool in order to determine the democracy levels of teacher candidates. During the scale development process in the research, the validity and reliability studies were conducted through three independent study groups. The first study group consisted of 627 students studying at the Faculty of Education in Inonu University in the 2020-2021 academic year, the second study group consisted of 324 students, and the third study group consisted of 87 students. “The Democracy Scale for Teacher Candidates” was used in the research. In the process of data analysis, SPSS 25 software was used for exploratory factor analysis and AMOS 21 software for confirmatory factor analysis. An item pool consisting of 50 items was created for the scale. The number of items was reduced to 40 by obtaining expert opinion in order to ensure the content validity of the scale. As a result of the factor analysis, it was determined that the total variance ratio explained by the single-factor scale with 17 items was 49.640%, and the internal consistency coefficient was .88. In addition to these, the values obtained as a result of the confirmatory factor analysis conducted to test the construct validity of the scale showed that the scale developed to determine the democracy levels of teacher candidates was valid and reliable.

The Turkish Adaptation of the Diabetes Fatalism Scale: A Validity and Reliability Study

2021 ◽  
pp. JNM-D-21-00032
Author(s):  
Emine Kaplan Serin ◽  
Seyhan Çitlik Saritaş
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
High Reliability ◽  
Turkish Population ◽  
Diabetic Patients ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Reliability Study ◽  
Explanatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Confirmatory Factor

Background and PurposeThis study was carried out as a validity and reliability study of the Turkish version of the Diabetes Fatalism Scale (DFS) and to investigate its psychometric properties in the Turkish society with type 2 diabetes patients.MethodsExploratory factor analysis was conducted to assess the scale’s factor structure. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was performed to validate the “best fit” model.ResultsThe explanatory factor analysis and CFA results confirmed the three-factor structure of the scale. The Cronbach’s α, item-total correlation and test—retest analyses showed high reliability.ConclusionsThe results showed that DFS is a valid and reliable tool for evaluating fatalism in diabetic patients from a Turkish population.

scholarly journals Development of the Bicycle Constraints Scale: Validity and reliability studyBisiklet Engelleri Ölçeği’nin geliştirilmesi: Geçerlik ve güvenirlik çalışması

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 2352 ◽  
Author(s):  
Velittin Balcı ◽  
Oğuz Özbek ◽  
Funda Koçak ◽  
Senem Çeyiz
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Dimensional Structure ◽  
Cultural Dimension ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Reliability Study ◽  
Economic Dimension ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Measuring Tool ◽  
Individual Dimension

The purpose of this study is to develop the "Bicycle Handicap Scale (BHS)" and to test the validity of the scale to demonstrate the obstacles bicyclists encounter. 292 bicycle riders cycling in Eskisehir and Ankara for various purposes for transportation or recr[1]eational purposes in their daily life were participated voluntarily. Explanatory and confirmatory factor analysis was performed in order to ensure the validity of the BEÖ structure. As a result of the exploratory factor analysis, a 5-dimensional structure was obtained on the scale. In the confirmatory factor analysis, five factorial structure was tested and it was determined that the obtained model was in accordance with the compliance criteria. According to this, BEÖ consists of 30 items consisting of 8 items in individual dimension, 5 items in law and regulation, 6 items in socio-cultural dimension, 7 items in physical and economic dimension and 4 items in infrastructure dimension. The internal consistency coefficient of the BEÖ was .92 for the scale, and between .89 and .73 for the subscales of the scale. As a result; It has been found that BEÖ is a useful measuring tool, developed to measure the attitudes of cyclists towards the obstacles encountered while riding a bicycle as a result of the validity and reliability studies conducted.Extended English abstract is in the end of PDF (TURKISH) file.ÖzetBu çalışmanın amacı, bisiklet kullanıcılarının karşılaştıkları engelleri ortaya koyabilmek amacıyla “Bisiklet Engelleri Ölçeği’ni (BEÖ)” geliştirmek ve ölçeğin geçerlik güvenirlik çalışmasını yapmaktır. Araştırma tarama modelindedir. Araştırmaya Eskişehir ve Ankara’da bisikleti olan ve günlük yaşamında ulaşım amaçlı veya rekreatif amaçlı olarak çeşitli amaçlarla bisiklet kullanan 292 bisiklet kullanıcısı gönüllü olarak katılmıştır. BEÖ’nün yapı geçerliğini sağlamak amacıyla açımlayıcı ve doğrulayıcı faktör analizi yapılmıştır. Açımlayıcı faktör analizi sonucunda ölçekte 5 boyutlu yapı elde edilmiştir. Yapılan doğrulayıcı faktör analizinde ise beş faktörlü yapı sınanmış ve elde edilen modelin uyum ölçütlerine uygun olduğu belirlenmiştir. Buna göre BEÖ, bireysel boyutunda 8 madde, yasa ve mevzuat boyutunda 5 madde, sosyo-kültürel boyutunda 6 madde, fiziksel ve ekonomik boyutunda 7 madde ve alt yapı boyutunda 4 madde olmak üzere 30 maddeden oluşmaktadır. Ölçeğin geneli için BEÖ’nün iç tutarlık katsayısı, .92, alt boyutları içinse .89 ile .73 arasında bulunmuştur. Sonuç olarak; yapılan geçerlik ve güvenirlik çalışması sonucunda bisiklet kullanıcılarının bisiklete binerken karşılaştıkları engellere yönelik tutumlarını ölçmek amacıyla geliştiren BEÖ’nün kullanılabilir bir ölçüm aracı olduğu tespit edilmiştir.

scholarly journals Perceived Autonomy Support Scale for Exercise Settings: Validity and reliability study for TurkishEgzersizde Algılanan Özerklik Desteği Ölçeği: Türkçe geçerlik ve güvenirlik çalışması

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 2158
Author(s):  
Mine Muftuler
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
University Students ◽  
Autonomy Support ◽  
High Reliability ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Reliability Study ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Fit Indexes ◽  
Perceived Autonomy Support

The purpose of this study was to examine the validity and reliability of Perceived Autonomy Support Scale for Exercise Settings (PASSES; Hagger et al., 2007) from teacher and from peers in Turkish context. It was conducted with volunteer university students. 230 university students completed PASSES from teacher, and 142 university students completed PASSES from peers. Each scale has 12 items with a unidimension structure. The items were rated on a 7-point Likert type scale from totally disagree (1) to totally agree (7). Each scale was analyzed by using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) to determine validity and by using Cronbach alpha value to determine reliability. The validity analyses for each scale showed good fit indexes in Turkish context. The reliability analyses also showed high reliability scores for each scale. Results were consistent with previous studies. It was suggested that PASSES from teacher and from peers can be used in Turkish context. ÖzetBu araştırmanın amacı “Egzersizde Algılanan Özerklik Desteği Ölçeğinin” (Perceived Autonomy Support Scale for Exercise Settings; Hagger ve diğ., 2007) hem öğretmen hem de arkadaşlar versiyonunu Türkçeye uyarlamak ve her iki ölçeğin geçerlik ve güvenirliğini incelemektir. Bu amaçla Türkçeye çevrilen ölçekler bir grup üniversite öğrencisine uygulanmıştır (öğretmen versiyonu için n = 230; arkadaşlar versiyonu için n = 142). Tek boyutlu olan ölçekler 12 ifadeden oluşmaktadır ve ifadeler tamamen katılmıyorum (1)’dan tamamen katılıyorum (7)’a doğru sıralanan yedili Likert üzerinden değerlendirilmektedir. Ölçeğin yapı geçerliğini belirlemek için doğrulayıcı faktör analizi uygulanmış, iç güvenirliğini tespit etmek için de Cronbach alfa kat sayısı hesaplanmıştır. Her iki ölçeğin yapı geçerliği bulguları iyi uyum indeksleri göstermiştir. Her iki ölçeğin iç güvenirlik kat sayıları da oldukça yüksek olarak hesaplanmıştır. Elde edilen bulgular alan yazında ilgili araştırmalarla benzerlik göstermektedir. Egzersizde Algılanan Özerklik Desteği Ölçeğinin hem öğretmen hem de arkadaşlar versiyonunun Türkçede ilgili araştırmalarda kullanılabileceği önerilmektedir.

scholarly journals Democracy Scale For Teacher Candidates: A Validity And Reliability Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Fatih Kaya ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
Study Groups ◽  
Independent Study ◽  
Measurement Tool ◽  
Study Group ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Faculty Of Education

The aim of this study was to develop a valid and reliable measurement tool in order to determine the democracy levels of teacher candidates. During the scale development process in the research, the validity and reliability studies were conducted through three independent study groups. The first study group consisted of 627 students studying at the Faculty of Education in Inonu University in the 2020-2021 academic year, the second study group consisted of 324 students, and the third study group consisted of 87 students. “The Democracy Scale for Teacher Candidates” was used in the research. In the process of data analysis, SPSS 25 software was used for exploratory factor analysis and AMOS 21 software for confirmatory factor analysis. An item pool consisting of 50 items was created for the scale. The number of items was reduced to 40 by obtaining expert opinion in order to ensure the content validity of the scale. As a result of the factor analysis, it was determined that the total variance ratio explained by the single-factor scale with 17 items was 49.640%, and the internal consistency coefficient was .88. In addition to these, the values obtained as a result of the confirmatory factor analysis conducted to test the construct validity of the scale showed that the scale developed to determine the democracy levels of teacher candidates was valid and reliable.

scholarly journals Turkish Validity and Reliability Study of the Leisure Constraint Questionnaire

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 150 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mehmet Ali ÖZTÜRK ◽  
Ahmet YIKILMAZ ◽  
Eyyüp SARIKOL
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Goodness Of Fit ◽  
Cross Correlation ◽  
Correlation Coefficients ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Turkish Version ◽  
Reliability Study ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Fit Index

The purpose of this study to adapt to Turkish version by applying validity and reliability test of Leisure Constraint Questionnaire (LCQ) developed by Alexander and Carroll (1997). 214 (62.4%) men and 129 (37.6%) women, total of 343 people was participated to the study working as public officers in Iğdır. Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA), Reliability Analysis and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) was applied to Turkish version of the scale after translated to Turkish. When the EFA results are examined Anti Imaj Correlation (AIC) cross correlation coefficients of all items greater than 0.5 and It has been decided to use all items in the analysis. After Principal Component Analaysis (PCA), there are 7 factors with eigenvalue greater than 1 and the contribution of these factors to the total variance is 56.806% were determined. The factors belonging to the items were determined by Rotated Component Matrix (VARIMAX). The tests of Cronbach’s Alpha (CA), Spearman-Brown Correlation (SBC) and Guttman Split Half Correlation (GSHC) were performed for reliability of the scale. The value of CA: 0.876, SBC: 0.754 and GSHC: 0.754 were found for the all items. Comparative Fit Index (CFI), Goodness-of-fit index (GFI) and he Normed Fit Index (NFI) were used for the CFA. As a result of CFA analysis; the value of CFI: 0.94, GFI: 0.96 and NFI: 0.93 were found. It has been concluded that the scale of adaptation to Turkish is valid and reliable and also it was composed of 7 factors and 29 items like original scale.

scholarly journals Development of the tendency scale for scientific values: A validity and reliability study

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 108-120
Author(s):  
Herdem Kevser ◽  
İbrahim Ünal
Keyword(s):  
Secondary School ◽  
Secondary School Students ◽  
Assessment Instrument ◽  
Social Structures ◽  
Item Pool ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Reliability Study ◽  
School Students ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
The Stability

Being a significant dimension in affective behavior education, values are guiding concepts for explaining the cognitive and social structures. In the process of value acquisition, the tendency of individuals for the value being targeted for acquisition bears a great significance. In the present study, the main aim is to develop an assessment instrument that can determine the tendency levels for the scientific values among students. In this process, the related literature was reviewed and an item pool was established. The item pool was presented to the expert opinion and following the necessary revisions, it was applied to the sample. The sample consisted of 268 secondary school students. In order to determine the validity of the scale, exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis was conducted. As a result of the validity analyses, a 4-factor structure consisting of 27 items was obtained and each factor was respectively named as the following in accordance with theoretical framework; "Curiosity", "Creativity," "Criticism", and "Inquisitiveness". The Cronbach's Alpha internal consistency coefficient, corrected item correlations, and the stability levels were calculated in order to determine the reliability of the scale. As a result of the study, it was found that the Tendency Scale for Scientific Values consisting of 4 factors and 27 items was a valid and reliable tool that can be used for determining the level of tendency for scientific values.

scholarly journals A Study of Developing an Attitude Scale Towards Authentic Learning Environments and Evaluation

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 189
Author(s):  
Murat Çetinkaya
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Teacher Candidates ◽  
Authentic Learning ◽  
Attitude Scale ◽  
Image Correlation ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Education Faculty ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Two Factors

The aim of the research is to improve a valid and reliable attributing scale which identifies authentic learning environments and evaluation attributes of the science teacher candidates. The study has been designed on the base of validity and reliability of the scale developed to evaluate the authentic learning environments. The research group is consisted of teacher candidates at education faculty of Ordu University (n=202). The study has been carried out by the teacher candidates being trained in 2nd and 3rd class of science, mathematics, and elementary teaching classrooms at education faculty. A descriptive factor analysis has been carried out to ensure the structural validity of the scale. The test of Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin (KMO) and Bartlett has been implemented to check the reliability for the sampling size and factor analysis of the obtained data. In addition, an anti-image correlation matrix has been checked. The latest 20-item scale regulated according to the results of the analysis has been formed. The reliability coefficient (Cronbach Alpha) has been determined as 0.931. Confirmatory factor analysis has been applied to the scale which was determined as two factors. From the results of the analysis, it is expressed that the attitude scale created for the authentic learning and measurement is a valid and reliable.

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