Middle School Teachers’ Views about High-Stakes Tests

Year 2019, , 319 - 330, 15.01.2019

Serdar Buldur , Mustafa Acar

https://doi.org/10.24106/kefdergi.2546

Cited By: 9

Abstract

The aim of this study is to contribute to the national literature by adapting a scale designed for determining the views of teachers on the high-stakes tests and investigate whether teachers’ views on high-stakes tests differ by their gender, year of experience and course they teach. For this purpose, the "General View about High-Stakes Testing Scale" developed by Genc (2005) is adapted to Turkish by conducting validity and reliability analyses. The study group consisted of 356 middle school teachers working at schools in the central district of a city.  From the result of the study, two factorial structure of the original scale was found to be preserved in the Turkish version of the scale and for Turkish teachers sample. Similar to its original version, the Turkish version of the scale is concluded to consists of 12 items under two factors.

Keywords

High-stakes test, secondary school teacher, gender, branch, year of experience

Ortaokul Öğretmenlerinin Merkezi Sınavlara Yönelik Görüşleri

Abstract

Bu araştırmanın amacı ortaokul öğretmenlerinin merkezi
sınavlar hakkındaki görüşlerini belirlemeye yönelik olarak geliştirilen bir
ölçeği Türkçe’ye uyarlayarak ulusal alan yazına kazandırmak ve aynı zamanda
öğretmenlerin merkezi sınavlara ilişkin görüşlerinde cinsiyet, mesleki kıdem ve
branş değişkenleri açısından farklılık olup olmadığını incelemektir. Bu kapsamda
Genç (2005) tarafından geliştirilen “Merkezi Sınavlara Yönelik Görüşler Ölçeği”
Türkçe ’ye uyarlanarak, geçerlik ve güvenirlik çalışması yapılmıştır. Araştırmanın
çalışma grubunu bir ilin merkez ilçe ortaokullarında görev yapan 356 ortaokul
branş öğretmeni oluşturmaktadır. Çalışma sonucunda, ölçeğin orijinal halindeki
iki faktörlü yapı ile Türkçe formundaki ve Türk öğretmenler örneklemindeki yapı,
uyumlu olarak tespit edilmiştir. Ölçek orijinal halinde olduğu gibi 12 maddeden
ve iki faktörden oluşmaktadır.

Keywords

Merkezi sınavlar, ortaokul öğretmeni, cinsiyet, branş, kıdem

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