TENDENCY SCALE FOR TECHNOLOGY USE IN CLASS: DEVELOPMENT, RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY

Year 2014, Volume: 10 Issue: 4, 863 - 884, 12.08.2014

Selim Günüç , Abdullah Kuzu

Abstract

In related literature, there is a need for a measurement tool to examine students’ tendencies towards technology. For this reason, the present study aimed at developing a scale for the tendency towards technology use in class. As there is limited research in literature, the item pool was developed mostly based on the data collected via the interviews and the written compositions. The participants of the study were 796 student teachers attending the Education Faculty at Anadolu University in Turkey in the Spring Term of the academic year of 2013-2014. EFA and CFA were conducted with different samples, and a five-point Likert-type scale made up of 16 items and two factors (emotional and behavioral tendencies) was developed. The total explained variance for the two factors of TSTUC was calculated as around 60%. The Cronbach’s Alpha (α) internal consistency reliability coefficient of the total scale was calculated as .93 as a result of EFA and .953 as a result of CFA. Higher scores to be produced by TSTUC refer to the fact that there is a higher tendency towards technology use in classes or that technology use is favored more by students in classes. 

Keywords

Tendency, Technology, Scale Development, Higher education

DERSTE TEKNOLOJİ KULLANIMINA YÖNELİK EĞİLİM ÖLÇEĞİ: GELİŞTİRME, GÜVENİRLİK ve GEÇERLİK

Abstract

Alanyazında, öğrencilerin teknolojiye yönelik eğilimlerini incelemek için bir ölçme aracına ihtiyaç duyulmaktadır. Bu nedenle, bu çalışmada derste teknoloji kullanımına yönelik eğilim ölçeğinin geliştirilmesi amaçlanmıştır. Alanyazındaki sınırlı araşmalar nedeniyle, madde havuzu önemli ölçüde katılımcılarla yapılan görüşme ve yazdırılan kompozisyonlardan elde edilen verilerle geliştirilmiştir. Araştırmanın katılımcılarını 20132014 öğretim yılı bahar döneminde Anadolu Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi’nde öğrenim gören 796 öğretmen adayı oluşturmuştur. AFA ve DFA farklı örneklem gruplarla gerçekleştirilmiştir. Analizler sonucunda, iki faktör (duyuşşal ve davranışsal eğilim) ve toplam 16 maddeden oluşsan beşli likert tipinde bir ölçek geliştirilmiştir. İki faktöre ilişkin toplam açıklanan varyans %60 olarak hesaplanmıştır. Ölçeğe ilişkin Cronbach Alfa iç tutarlılık güvenirlik katsayısı AFA sonucunda .93 ve DFA sonucunda .953 olarak hesaplanmıştır. Ölçekten alınan yüksek puan, derste teknoloji kullanımına yönelik yüksek eğilime ya da derste teknoloji kullanımının daha çok tercih edildiğine işaret etmektedir.

Keywords

Eğilim, Teknoloji, Ölçek geliştirme, Yüksek öğretim

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