Contemporary Educational Researches Journal

Yazarlar: Fariha Bibi, Hafiz Muhammad Lqbal, Nadia Majid

Konular:-

Anahtar Kelimeler:Attitude,Attitude toward Research,Gender,Teacher education programmes,Confirmatory factor analysis,Reliability

Özet: An instrument, attitude to research (ATR) developed by Papanastasiou (2005) and having alpha reliability value of 0.948 was administered to 277 graduate students enrolled in different programmes to validate the instrument and also measure their attitude. Out of 277 respondents, 40 were males and 237 females. The results of the study validated the factor structure of ATR scale as developed by Papanastasiou. Out of the 32 items in the original scale 3 items were rejected due to low correlation and two statements were rejected due to low factors loading. The final scale comprised of 27 items with five sub scales. The t-test and One Way ANOVA was used to find out the difference in attitude of respondents toward research. The results indicated that male and female students have almost same level of attitude toward research. However, the significant differences in attitude toward research were found among the prospective teachers enrolled in different programmes of study.

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