Content Validity and Confirmatory Factor Analysis of Cooperative Learning Attitude Scale (CLAS) for the EFL Students

Autor/inn/en	Haidari, Sayed Masood; Uzun, Nezaket Bilge
Titel	Content Validity and Confirmatory Factor Analysis of Cooperative Learning Attitude Scale (CLAS) for the EFL Students
Quelle	5 (2019) 4, S. 418-433 PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2149-5939
Schlagwörter	Forschungsbericht; Cooperative Learning; Test Construction; Attitude Measures; Expertise; Student Attitudes; Self Efficacy; Language Proficiency; Self Management; Learning Motivation; Psychological Patterns; Construct Validity; Content Validity; Foreign Countries; English (Second Language); English Teachers; Preservice Teachers; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kooperatives Lernen; Testaufbau; Expert appraisal; Schülerverhalten; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Selbstmanagement; Motivation for studies; Lernmotivation; Ausland; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; English language lessons; Teacher; Teachers; Englischunterricht; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Türkei
Abstract	This study reports on the development of a cooperative learning attitude scale for the EFL students based on expert reviews and examines its construct validity. Three rounds of expert reviews were conducted. In each round, five content experts reviewed the items and rated their relevance to the content domain and their comprehensibility. The expert panel also assigned the items to the suggested sub-scales. After item elimination and major revisions, 45 items representing five factors with perfect reviewer consensus were retained. Although the scale was developed via expert review, the authors checked the construct validity of the instrument through CFA by collecting data from 136 pre-service EFL teachers. The results suggested elimination of six more items owing to their insignificant t values or low factor loadings, which were eliminated after two reviewers recommended to. The resultant fit statistics supported a good-fitting model with t statistics and item-total correlation significant across all variables. The coefficient alpha confirmed internal consistency of the scale and that of sub-scales. (As Provided).
Begutachtung	Peer reviewed
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01