An Analysis of Scale Adaptation Studies in Science Education: Meta-Synthesis Study

Year 2018, Volume: 4 Issue: 2, 227 - 245, 01.07.2018

Behiye Akcay Burcu Gelen , Aydin Tiryaki İbrahim Benek

https://doi.org/10.21891/jeseh.439150

Cited By: 2

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine scale adaptation studies in the
field of science education in terms of content, method as well as to determine
the general guidelines used in the scale adaptation process. The population of
this study included a total of 145 journals published in the field of science
education in Turkey. A total of 46 adaptation studies which were published in
25 journals were selected from this population by using the purposive sampling
methods comprise of the study sample. Meta-synthesis method was used for the
data analysis in this study. Results of the study showed that adaptation
studies in Turkey were mostly conducted in the self-efficacy area. It was
determined that all studies calculated the internal consistency coefficient and
that likert-type scales were commonly used. This study also determined that the
language validity stage was not sufficiently discussed and was only briefly
mentioned in the examined adaptation studies. It was found that none of the
studies translated original test guidelines to target language.  This study concluded that all of the adapted
studies did not get official permissions for the pilot study. In addition, it
was found that the researchers preferred to use CFA (Confirmatory Factor
Analysis) and EFA (Exploratory Factor Analysis) methods together for the
construct validity.  

Keywords

Scale, Adaptation, Science education, Meta-synthesis, Content analysis

References

• Akcay, B., Gelen, B., Tiryaki, A. & Benek, I. (2018). An analysis of scale adaptation studies in science education: Meta-synthesis study. Journal of Education in Science, Environment and Health (JESEH), 4(2), 227-245.