Research Article

The Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey (CLASS): The Study of Validity and Reliability

Volume: 2 Number: 1 July 11, 2016
  • Adem Bayar
  • Orhan Karamustafaoğlu
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The Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey (CLASS): The Study of Validity and Reliability

Abstract

The aim of this research is to adapt the Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey (Adams et al., 2006) to Turkish and to examine its psychometric properties. The research was conducted on 400 9th grade students from the Directorate of Educational Department in Amasya, Turkey. The results of exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses clearly showed that this scale yielded 8 factors, as original form and that the model was well fit. Internal consistency coefficients varied between .72-.84 and test-retest reliability coefficients varied between .85-.93. Corrected item-total correlations ranged .51 to .75, and according to t-test results differences between each item’s means of upper 27% and lower 27% points were significant. As a result, Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey can be used as a valid and reliable instrument in education.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Studies on Education

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Adem Bayar This is me
Amasya University, Faculty of Education, Amasya, Turkey

Orhan Karamustafaoğlu This is me
Amasya University, Faculty of Education, Amasya, Turkey

Publication Date

July 11, 2016

Submission Date

July 11, 2016

Acceptance Date

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Published in Issue

Year 2015 Volume: 2 Number: 1

APA
Bayar, A., & Karamustafaoğlu, O. (2016). The Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey (CLASS): The Study of Validity and Reliability. International Journal of Assessment Tools in Education, 2(1), 40-57. https://doi.org/10.21449/ijate.239564
AMA
1.Bayar A, Karamustafaoğlu O. The Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey (CLASS): The Study of Validity and Reliability. Int. J. Assess. Tools Educ. 2016;2(1):40-57. doi:10.21449/ijate.239564
Chicago
Bayar, Adem, and Orhan Karamustafaoğlu. 2016. “The Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey (CLASS): The Study of Validity and Reliability”. International Journal of Assessment Tools in Education 2 (1): 40-57. https://doi.org/10.21449/ijate.239564.
EndNote
Bayar A, Karamustafaoğlu O (July 1, 2016) The Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey (CLASS): The Study of Validity and Reliability. International Journal of Assessment Tools in Education 2 1 40–57.
IEEE
[1]A. Bayar and O. Karamustafaoğlu, “The Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey (CLASS): The Study of Validity and Reliability”, Int. J. Assess. Tools Educ., vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 40–57, July 2016, doi: 10.21449/ijate.239564.
ISNAD
Bayar, Adem - Karamustafaoğlu, Orhan. “The Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey (CLASS): The Study of Validity and Reliability”. International Journal of Assessment Tools in Education 2/1 (July 1, 2016): 40-57. https://doi.org/10.21449/ijate.239564.
JAMA
1.Bayar A, Karamustafaoğlu O. The Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey (CLASS): The Study of Validity and Reliability. Int. J. Assess. Tools Educ. 2016;2:40–57.
MLA
Bayar, Adem, and Orhan Karamustafaoğlu. “The Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey (CLASS): The Study of Validity and Reliability”. International Journal of Assessment Tools in Education, vol. 2, no. 1, July 2016, pp. 40-57, doi:10.21449/ijate.239564.
Vancouver
1.Adem Bayar, Orhan Karamustafaoğlu. The Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey (CLASS): The Study of Validity and Reliability. Int. J. Assess. Tools Educ. 2016 Jul. 1;2(1):40-57. doi:10.21449/ijate.239564

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