Development of a Perception Scale on the Use of Webquests

Abstract

In this study, it was aimed to develop a scale for identifying the users’ perceptions towards the use of WebQuests. In this sense, this article describes the development and the reliability and validity study of “The Perception Scale on the Use of WebQuests” . Possible explanations of the findings are discussed and interpretation of the results is provided. The scale included 41 Fivepoint Likert-type items. Data were collected from 200 pre-service teachers attending in a public university in the west coast of Turkey and 30 elementary school teachers working in the same part of Turkey in 2009. Item analysis, factor analysis and the reliability analysis were conducted in the process of the development of the scale. The results of the study indicate that the scale has good psychometric properties and can be used reliably to have WebQuest users` perceptions on the use of WebQuest