Research Article

Developing Co-constructivism Scale at Science Courses for Secondary School Students

Volume: 14 Number: 4 October 19, 2021
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Developing Co-constructivism Scale at Science Courses for Secondary School Students

Abstract

According to co-constructivism theory, learning is a social activity. Students are expected to find many opportunities at Science lessons to construct their collective culture and co-construct their own personal culture since the nature of Science lessons tend to collaboration. This study aims to develop a scale which measures the co-constructivist environment at Science courses of 7th and 8th Grades. For this reason, the scale developed by the researchers has been applied to 238 7th and 8th grade students. Exploratory Factor Analysis has been applied for 47 items. As a result of factor analysis, 20 items have been omitted and remaining 27 items have been grouped into 5 factors. These factors explain 64.371 % of the total variance. Cronbach Alpha value of the scale is 0.950. The values of item-total and item-remaining correlation are significant (p < 0.01). Moreover, item discrimination value which is obtained from the difference between mean points of bottom and top 27 % of the groups is significant. As a result of confirmatory factor analysis, goodness of fit indexes are seen to be acceptable (RMSEA=0.069; AGFI=0.79; SRMR=0.057; CFI=0.90; NNFI=0.89, χ2/sd 2.11). It was found that the qualitative results mostly coincided with the results of the quantitative study.

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Supporting Institution

BAP-Afyon Kocatepe Üniversitesi

Project Number

18.KARİYER.92

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Other Fields of Education

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

October 19, 2021

Submission Date

March 8, 2021

Acceptance Date

September 3, 2021

Published in Issue

Year 2021 Volume: 14 Number: 4

APA
Ocak, İ., & Hocaoğlu, N. (2021). Developing Co-constructivism Scale at Science Courses for Secondary School Students. Journal of Theoretical Educational Sciences, 14(4), 665-696. https://doi.org/10.30831/akukeg.892910

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