Sınıf topluluğu ölçeğinin Türkçe'ye uyarlanması: Geçerlik ve güvenirlik çalışması

Bu çalışmanın amacı, Rovai’nin geliştirdiği Sınıf Topluluğu Ölçeğini Türkçe’ye uyarlamaktır. Özgün formu İngilizce olan ölçek, iki alt faktör ve 20 maddeden oluşmaktadır. Özgün ölçek öncelikle yazar tarafından Türkçe’ye çevrilmiş, ardından hem özgün, hem de Türkçe ölçek birlikte; üçü dil, dördü alan uzmanı olmak üzere yedi öğretim üyesine incelettirilmiştir. Uzmanların önerileri ışığında ölçek üzerinde gerekli görülen düzeltmeler yapıldıktan sonra İngilizce ve Türkçe formlar arasındaki eşdeğerliğin tespit edilmesi için ODTÜ öğrencilerinden seçilen 29 kişilik bir grup üzerinde iki hafta arayla iki uygulama gerçekleştirilmiştir. Ölçeğin geçerlik ve güvenirliğini tespit etmek üzere, çevrimiçi ders deneyimi olan 185 BÖTE bölümü öğrencisinden elde edilen veriler üzerinde faktör analizi yapılmıştır. Yapılan geçerlik ve güvenirlik analizleri sonucunda, Türk üniversite öğrencileri için 13 maddelik iki faktörlü bir Sınıf Topluluğu Ölçeğine ulaşılmıştır.

Adaptation of the classroom community index: The validity and reliability study

The purpose of this study was to determine the validity and reliability of The The Classroom Communıty Index developed by Rovai (2002a) in a group of Turkish college students. The original questionnaire was in English and had two factors, 20 items. First of all, the original questionnaire was translated into Turkish, and obtained experts’ critics in terms of language, content, measurement and evaluation etc. Afterwards, both the English and Turkish forms were administered to a group of METU students (n=29) in a period of two week to determine the equivalency of these two forms. Finally, the Turkish version was administered group of university students (n=185) who have experienced online learning. Like the original form, the results of factor analysis indicated that the Turkish version had two factors and consisted of 13 items. The Cronbach Alpha internal consistency coefficient was also computed as .85.

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