Preparing Attitude Scale to Define Students' Attitudes about Environment, Recycling, Plastic and Plastic Waste

Autor/inn/en	Avan, Cagri; Aydinli, Bahattin; Bakar, Fatma; Alboga, Yunus
Titel	Preparing Attitude Scale to Define Students' Attitudes about Environment, Recycling, Plastic and Plastic Waste
Quelle	In: International Electronic Journal of Environmental Education, 1 (2011) 3, S.179-191 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2146-0329
Schlagwörter	Student Attitudes; Psychomotor Skills; Factor Analysis; Affective Behavior; Reliability; Attitude Measures; Conservation (Environment); Likert Scales; Foreign Countries; Elementary School Students; Energy Conservation; Recycling; Environmental Education; Interviews; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schülerverhalten; Psychomotorische Aktivität; Faktorenanalyse; Affective disturbance; Active behaviour; Affektive Störung; Reliabilität; Conservation; Environment; Konservierung; Bewahung; Umwelt; Likert-Skala; Ausland; Energieerhaltung; Energiespeicherung; Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Türkei
Abstract	The aim of this study is to introduce an attitude scale in order to define students? attitudes about environment, recycling, plastics, plastic waste. In this study, 80 attitude sentences according to 5-point Likert-type scale were prepared and applied to 492 students of 6th grade in the Kastamonu city center of Turkey. The scale consists of cognitive, affective, and psychomotor skills domains. After the factor analysis it was found that they have 3, 4 and 5 factors accordingly. After the reliability analysis the alpha values for cognitive, affective and psychomotor scales are 0.854, 0.871 and 0.826 respectively. As a result, it is found that the scale can be used to define cognitive, affective and psychomotor attitudes. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	International Electronic Journal of Environmental Education. Aksaray Universitesi, Egitim Fakultesi, Ilkogretim Bolumu, Kampus, Aksaray 68100, Turkey. e-mail: iejeegreen@gmail.com; Web site: http://www.iejeegreen.com
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01