The Adaptation of Lifelong Learning Scale into Turkish Culture

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to analyze the reliability and validity of the Lifelong Learning Scale (WielkLLS) which was developed by Wielkiewicz and Meuwissen (2014) and adapt the scale into Turkish culture. First of all the English form was translated intoTurkish by 5 English experts and translated into English. Then, they translated into English again for language validation. Another study was done for language validation. A piloting section was happened with ELT students at Sakarya University. First, the English version of the scale was applied to the students and then they did the same for the Turkish version of the scale. The correlation between  two applications was found .81. The study was done with 399 candidate teacher students who are studying at Sakarya University Education Faculty. The reliability of the scale was found Cronbach’s alpha .78. Confirmatory factory analysis of the 16-item  loaded one factor and unidimensional scale was done (X²= 277.09, DF= 64, RMSEA= .091, NFI= .92, NNFI= .93, CFI= .94, IFI= .94, SRMR= .061).  All findings shows that the scale is valid and realiable enough to measure the lifelong learning tendencies of students in Turkish culture.

Keywords

• Lifelong Learning,confirmatory factor analysis,validity

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