A Scale Development Study for the Teachers on Out of School Learning Environments

Autor/inn/en	Balkan-Kiyici, Fatime; Yavuz Topaloglu, Melike
Titel	A Scale Development Study for the Teachers on Out of School Learning Environments
Quelle	In: Malaysian Online Journal of Educational Sciences, 4 (2016) 4, S.1-13 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2289-3024
Schlagwörter	Educational Environment; Test Construction; After School Programs; Learning Activities; Teacher Competency Testing; Teacher Behavior; Teacher Attitudes; Science Instruction; Test Reliability; Test Validity; Semi Structured Interviews; Likert Scales; Factor Analysis; Efficiency; Foreign Countries; Statistical Analysis; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Testaufbau; After school education; After-school programs; Program; Programs; Programme; Außerschulische Jugendbildung; Programm; Lernaktivität; Teacher behaviour; Lehrerverhalten; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Testreliabilität; Testvalidität; Likert-Skala; Faktorenanalyse; Effectiveness; Effektivität; Wirkungsgrad; Ausland; Statistische Analyse; Türkei
Abstract	When teachers organize planned and systematical out-of-school learning activities, students can understand the abstract and complex terms and topics better and therefore meaningful and deeper learning can occur. Within this context this study aims to develop a valid and reliable scale to determine the attitudes, behaviors, efficiency and competence of the teachers while teaching science on using the out-of-school learning environments supporting the in-class educational activities. The scale was administered to 520 teachers to evaluate the validity and reliability. An expert opinion was asked for the face and content validity of the scale and exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) were made for the construct validity. The results of the EFA displayed that the scale includes 24 items under 4 different factors. After the EFA, CFA was made to verify the structures of the scale. The fit indexes obtained from CFA were acceptable. Therefore, it was inferred that the items of the scale were in accordance with the related models. Besides, the Cronbach's Alpha coefficient was calculated as 0.89. The analyses and obtained values revealed that the scale is valid and reliable. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	University of Malaya Faculty of Education. Kuala Lumpur 50603 Malaysia. Web site: http://moj-es.net/
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01