Development of An Attitude Scale Towards Reading Scientific Texts For University Students: Validty and Reliability Study

Gülfem Dilek Kumlu; Gökhan Kumlu; Nejla Yürük

doi:10.24106/kefdergi.309040

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Development of An Attitude Scale Towards Reading Scientific Texts For University Students: Validty and Reliability Study

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to develop a valid and reliable measure of university students’

attitudes towards reading scientific texts. This attitude scale developed by the researchers

includes 48 items in type of Likert of 5. This attitude scale was implemented in totally 251

students who studying at five different sections of a university education faculty located in

Ankara. The attitude scale which includes 30 items in type of Likert of 5 obtained the results of exploratory factor analysis was implemented in totally 371 students who studying at five

different sections of a university education faculty located in Ankara for confirmatory factor

analysis. It is concluded that the scale is a reliable and a valid tool for measuring the attitudes

of the university students towards reading scientific texts.

Keywords

Attitude scale,Scientific texts,Developing scale,Validity and reliability study

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Gülfem Dilek Kumlu This is me

Gökhan Kumlu This is me

Nejla Yürük This is me

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January 15, 2017

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Kumlu, G. D., Kumlu, G., & Yürük, N. (2017). Development of An Attitude Scale Towards Reading Scientific Texts For University Students: Validty and Reliability Study. Kastamonu Education Journal, 25(1), 203-220. https://doi.org/10.24106/kefdergi.309040

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1.Kumlu GD, Kumlu G, Yürük N. Development of An Attitude Scale Towards Reading Scientific Texts For University Students: Validty and Reliability Study. Kastamonu Education Journal. 2017;25(1):203-220. doi:10.24106/kefdergi.309040

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Kumlu, Gülfem Dilek, Gökhan Kumlu, and Nejla Yürük. 2017. “Development of An Attitude Scale Towards Reading Scientific Texts For University Students: Validty and Reliability Study”. Kastamonu Education Journal 25 (1): 203-20. https://doi.org/10.24106/kefdergi.309040.

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Kumlu GD, Kumlu G, Yürük N (January 1, 2017) Development of An Attitude Scale Towards Reading Scientific Texts For University Students: Validty and Reliability Study. Kastamonu Education Journal 25 1 203–220.

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[1]G. D. Kumlu, G. Kumlu, and N. Yürük, “Development of An Attitude Scale Towards Reading Scientific Texts For University Students: Validty and Reliability Study”, Kastamonu Education Journal, vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 203–220, Jan. 2017, doi: 10.24106/kefdergi.309040.

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Kumlu, Gülfem Dilek - Kumlu, Gökhan - Yürük, Nejla. “Development of An Attitude Scale Towards Reading Scientific Texts For University Students: Validty and Reliability Study”. Kastamonu Education Journal 25/1 (January 1, 2017): 203-220. https://doi.org/10.24106/kefdergi.309040.

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1.Kumlu GD, Kumlu G, Yürük N. Development of An Attitude Scale Towards Reading Scientific Texts For University Students: Validty and Reliability Study. Kastamonu Education Journal. 2017;25:203–220.

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Kumlu, Gülfem Dilek, et al. “Development of An Attitude Scale Towards Reading Scientific Texts For University Students: Validty and Reliability Study”. Kastamonu Education Journal, vol. 25, no. 1, Jan. 2017, pp. 203-20, doi:10.24106/kefdergi.309040.

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1.Gülfem Dilek Kumlu, Gökhan Kumlu, Nejla Yürük. Development of An Attitude Scale Towards Reading Scientific Texts For University Students: Validty and Reliability Study. Kastamonu Education Journal. 2017 Jan. 1;25(1):203-20. doi:10.24106/kefdergi.309040

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Development of An Attitude Scale Towards Reading Scientific Texts For University Students: Validty and Reliability Study

Development of An Attitude Scale Towards Reading Scientific Texts For University Students: Validty and Reliability Study

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ÜNİVERSİTE ÖĞRENCİLERİ İÇİN FEN METİNLERİNİ OKUMAYA YÖNELİK TUTUM ÖLÇEĞİNİN GELİŞTİRİLMESİ: GEÇERLİK VE GÜVENİRLİK ÇALIŞMASI

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