International Journal of New Trends in Arts, Sports & Science Education

Yazarlar: Meryem Nur AYDEDE YALÇIN, Elena ANGHEL, János PALOTÁS

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Anahtar Kelimeler:Science teaching,Attitude,Active learning,Scale development

Özet: The purpose of this study was to develop a attitude scale towards science teaching science teachers in active learning environments. General survey model was used in the study. 190 science teachers participated to the scale development stage and 230 teachers participated to the application stage of the study from 5 different countries. Both exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis. As a result of the exploratory factor analysis, it was found out that the questionnaire consisted of a single factor and 19 items, and as a result of the confirmatory factor analysis, it was found out that the questionnaire had satisfactory fit indexes. In addition, the results showed that the Cronbach Alpha coefficient of the questionnaire was .98 and the variance explained 80.7%. As a result of the implementation phase of the study, science teachers' science attitudes scale points average in active learning environments showed significant difference in terms of their age and gender variables.

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