Research Article

The Validity and Reliability Study of Revised School Climate Teacher Survey’s Turkish Version

Volume: 3 Number: 1 July 11, 2016
  • Ferat Yılmaz
  • Serkan Demir
TR EN

The Validity and Reliability Study of Revised School Climate Teacher Survey’s Turkish Version

Abstract

It is aimed to adapt Revised School Climate Teacher Survey (RSCTS) which is developed with a character education perspective to Turkish and assess its psychometrics properties in this study. This study is an instrument adaptation study. There are three different study groups in this study. First group consists of 56 English teachers studied with to determine the linguistic equivalence. Second group consists of 58 teachers studied with to determine the concurrent validity. Third group consisting 240 elementary and secondary teachers was studied with to reveal the construct validity, measurement reliability and to analyze the items. Data collection tools of this study are RSCTS aimed to adapt and Organizational Climate Scale (OCS) used to determine concurrent validity of RSCTS. Based on the results of this study, it can be concluded that Turkish and English versions of RSCTS are equivalent at a high level with regard to linguistic equivalence. Furthermore, some sub-scales of RSCTS have concurrent validity. Construct validity of Turkish version of RSCTS was confirmed by Confirmatory Factor Analysis. According to item analysis, items in RSCTS can discriminate the participants remarkably. Considering measurement reliability coefficients and characteristics of the study group, it is possible to state that RSCTS can be used as a valid and reliable instrument to measure teacher’s perceptions about school climate in all of the school stages in Turkey.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Studies on Education

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Ferat Yılmaz This is me
Dicle University, Ziya Gökalp Faculty of Education Department of Primary School Teaching, Diyarbakır, Turkey

Serkan Demir This is me
Ministry of National Education, Beşiktaş Science and Art Center, İstanbul, Turkey

Publication Date

July 11, 2016

Submission Date

July 11, 2016

Acceptance Date

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Published in Issue

Year 2016 Volume: 3 Number: 1

APA
Yılmaz, F., & Demir, S. (2016). The Validity and Reliability Study of Revised School Climate Teacher Survey’s Turkish Version. International Journal of Assessment Tools in Education, 3(1), 85-100. https://izlik.org/JA25JM32WL
AMA
1.Yılmaz F, Demir S. The Validity and Reliability Study of Revised School Climate Teacher Survey’s Turkish Version. Int. J. Assess. Tools Educ. 2016;3(1):85-100. https://izlik.org/JA25JM32WL
Chicago
Yılmaz, Ferat, and Serkan Demir. 2016. “The Validity and Reliability Study of Revised School Climate Teacher Survey’s Turkish Version”. International Journal of Assessment Tools in Education 3 (1): 85-100. https://izlik.org/JA25JM32WL.
EndNote
Yılmaz F, Demir S (July 1, 2016) The Validity and Reliability Study of Revised School Climate Teacher Survey’s Turkish Version. International Journal of Assessment Tools in Education 3 1 85–100.
IEEE
[1]F. Yılmaz and S. Demir, “The Validity and Reliability Study of Revised School Climate Teacher Survey’s Turkish Version”, Int. J. Assess. Tools Educ., vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 85–100, July 2016, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA25JM32WL
ISNAD
Yılmaz, Ferat - Demir, Serkan. “The Validity and Reliability Study of Revised School Climate Teacher Survey’s Turkish Version”. International Journal of Assessment Tools in Education 3/1 (July 1, 2016): 85-100. https://izlik.org/JA25JM32WL.
JAMA
1.Yılmaz F, Demir S. The Validity and Reliability Study of Revised School Climate Teacher Survey’s Turkish Version. Int. J. Assess. Tools Educ. 2016;3:85–100.
MLA
Yılmaz, Ferat, and Serkan Demir. “The Validity and Reliability Study of Revised School Climate Teacher Survey’s Turkish Version”. International Journal of Assessment Tools in Education, vol. 3, no. 1, July 2016, pp. 85-100, https://izlik.org/JA25JM32WL.
Vancouver
1.Ferat Yılmaz, Serkan Demir. The Validity and Reliability Study of Revised School Climate Teacher Survey’s Turkish Version. Int. J. Assess. Tools Educ. [Internet]. 2016 Jul. 1;3(1):85-100. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA25JM32WL

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