DEVELOPING THE SCALE OF SELF-EFFICACY TOWARDS NUMBER SENSE
Abstract
The aim of this study is developing a self-efficacy scale towards number sense. The draft scale that consist of 30 item is applied to 304 6th grade middle school student. Expert opinion is taken for the validity of the scale. For the reliability Cronbach-α is computed and found 0,82. Factor analyse technique is used to examine structure validity.End of the analyse is obtained the scale of self efficact towards number sense that consist of 19 item and 4 factor.
Keywords
self-efficacy,self-efficacy towards number sense.,Number sense
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