PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES OF THE TURKISH VERSION OF THE QUESTIONNAIRE OF GROUP RESPONSIBILITY OF COO-PERATION IN LEARNING TEAMS

Abstract

The Questionnaire of Group Responsibility of Cooperation in Learning Teams (CRCG) was developed to assess university students' responsibility and cooperation skills in learning teams. The presented study aims to develop a Turkish version of the CRCG and to analyze its psychometric properties. The original scale was translated into Turkish and back-translated into English. Participants consisted of 231 (152 women, 79 men) university students. Cronbach's alpha of this questionnaire was high, indicating excellent internal consistency. The temporal reliability of the Turkish version of the CRCG and its convergent validity with the Dimensions of the Learning Organization Questionnaire was acceptable. The confirmatory factor analysis results pointed out that the two-factor structure of the test provided valid results. Taken together, all these results indicate that the questionnaire has good psychometric characteristics. As a result, the Turkish version of CRCG enables researchers and professors to measure students' responsibility and cooperation skills in learning teams.

Keywords

• Cooperative Learning
• Responsibility
• Cooperation
• Teamwork
• Scale

Öğrenme Gruplarında Grup Sorumluluğu ve İşbirliği Ölçeği’nin Türkçe Versiyonun Psikometrik Özellikleri

Abstract

Bu çalışmanın amacı León del Barco, Mendo-Lázaro, Felipe-Castaño, Fajardo-Bullón, ve Iglesias-Gallego (2018) tarafından geliştirilen Öğrenme Gruplarında Grup Sorumluluğu ve İşbirliği Ölçeği’nin psikometrik özelliklerinin incelenerek Türkçe’ ye uyarlanmasıdır. Çalışmaya Çankaya Üniversitesi’nin farklı bölümlerinden, 18-49 yaş aralığından oluşan 231 kişi (152 kadın, 79 erkek) katılmıştır. Veri toplama araçları olarak, Öğrenen Örgüt Boyutları Ölçeği ve Öğrenme Gruplarında Grup Sorumluluğu ve İşbirliği Ölçeği kullanılmıştır. Ölçeğin Cronbach alfa katsayısı .93, yapı geçerliliği ve test-tekrar test tutarlılığı değerleri yeterli olarak bulunmuştur. Doğrulayıcı faktör analizi sonucu, ölçeğin iki faktörlü yapısını desteklemektedir. Elde edilen bulgular ölçeğin psikometrik özelliklerinin iyi olduğunu ve öğrenme gruplarında sorumluluk ve iş birliği becerilerinin değerlendirilmesinde kullanılabileceğini göstermektedir.

Keywords

• İşbirlikli Öğrenme
• Sorumluluk
• İşbirliği
• Grup Çalışması
• Ölçek

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