Development Of “ Environmental Scale For Children"

Bilge Koçak Tumer; Fulya Temel

doi:10.24106/kefdergi.789396

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"Çocuklar İçin Çevre Ölçeği”nin Geliştirilmesi

Abstract

Çalışma “Çocuklar İçin Çevre Ölçeği”nin geliştirilmesi amacıyla yürütülmüştür. Pilot çalışmaya 48-72 ay arasından 106 çocuk katılmıştır. Ölçek, bulguların istatistiksel analizleri sonucunda tamamlanmıştır. Çocuklar İçin Çevre Ölçeği istatistik analizleri ITEMAN istatistik analiz programı kullanılarak hesaplanmıştır. Madde ayırt edicilik gücü indeksi hesaplamaları çift serili korelasyon katsayısı olarak hesaplanmıştır. Test tekrar test uygulaması toplam çocuk sayısı 98 olup, maddelerin ortalaması 11,85 olarak bulunmuştur. Test tekrar test güvenirliği için hesaplanan Pearson Korelasyon katsayısı 0,69 çıkmıştır. Bu sonuç ölçme aracının test tekrar test güvenirliğinin yeterli sayılabilecek bir düzeyde olduğunu göstermektedir. Ayrıca, testteki değerlendirme ölçütlerinin madde toplam puan korelasyonu ve Kuder Richardson-20 (Kr-20) güvenirlik analizleri yapılmıştır.

Keywords

pre-school, environmental education, environmental scale

Supporting Institution

Gazi Üniversitesi

Project Number

08/2011-08

Development Of “ Environmental Scale For Children"

Abstract

This study was conducted to develop "Environmental Scale for Children”. 106 children between 48-72 months participated in the pilot study. The scale was concluded after the statistical analysis of the findings. Statistical analyzes of “Environmental Scale for Children” data were carried out using ITEMAN statistics program. Item discrimination difficulty index calculations were calculated as biserial correlation coefficient. Test retest was conducted with 98 children and the mean of the items was found as 11.85. The Pearson Correlation coefficient calculated for test-retest reliability was 0.69. This result shows that the test-retest reliability of the measuring tool is at a sufficient level. Also, total score correlation of the evaluation criteria of the test and Kuder-Richardson 20 (KR-20) reliability analysis was also conducted.

Keywords

environmental scale, pre-school, environmental education

Project Number

08/2011-08

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Primary Language

English

Subjects

Studies on Education

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Bilge Koçak Tumer ^*
0000-0002-8288-6655
Türkiye

Fulya Temel
0000-0002-5375-3503
Türkiye

Publication Date

November 30, 2021

Submission Date

September 2, 2020

Acceptance Date

November 20, 2020

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Year 2021 Volume: 29 Number: 4

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