TY  - JOUR
T1  - Adaptation of Youth Innovational Skills Measurement Tool for Turkish Usage
TT  - Adaptation of Youth Innovational Skills Measurement Tool for Turkish Usage
AU  - Altınışık, Hilal Zeynep
AU  - Adıgüzel, Tufan
AU  - Gençer, Yasin Galip
PY  - 2023
DA  - January
Y2  - 2023
DO  - 10.24106/kefdergi.1246467
JF  - Kastamonu Education Journal
JO  - Kastamonu Eğitim Dergisi
PB  - Kastamonu University
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 2147-9844
SP  - 155
EP  - 164
VL  - 31
IS  - 1
LA  - en
AB  - Purpose: The purpose of this study is to adapt Youth Innovation Skills Measurement Tool (YISMT) into Turkish language. The YISMT is a scale developed by Chell (2009) to contribute the improvement of the skills and attitudes which young people need if they are to become the innovators of tomorrow.Design/Methodology/Approach: This study is a scale adaptation process which was firstly validated through translation and back-translation procedures. Secondly, exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were conducted to examine its construct validity. Findings: Factor analyzes results demonstrated that the new scale had 25 items with 6 factors. Highlights: The Youth Innovation Skills Measurement Tool is an instrument to support the development of the skills and attitudes which young people require if they are to become the innovators of future. This research constitutes the adaptation process of the Youth Innovation Skills Measurement Tool into Turkish, which will contribute to revealing the innovation capacities of vocational and technical high schools.
KW  - Innovational Skills
KW  - Vocational Schools
KW  - Leadership
KW  - Proactivity
KW  - Ingenuity
N2  - Purpose: The purpose of this study is to adapt Youth Innovation Skills Measurement Tool (YISMT) into Turkish language. The YISMT is a scale developed by Chell (2009) to contribute the improvement of the skills and attitudes which young people need if they are to become the innovators of tomorrow.Design/Methodology/Approach: This study is a scale adaptation process which was firstly validated through translation and back-translation procedures. Secondly, exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were conducted to examine its construct validity. Findings: Factor analyzes results demonstrated that the new scale had 25 items with 6 factors. Highlights: The Youth Innovation Skills Measurement Tool is an instrument to support the development of the skills and attitudes which young people require if they are to become the innovators of future. This research constitutes the adaptation process of the Youth Innovation Skills Measurement Tool into Turkish, which will contribute to revealing the innovation capacities of vocational and technical high schools.
UR  - https://doi.org/10.24106/kefdergi.1246467
L1  - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/2933745
ER  -