Development of the “Seven Principles for Good Practice” Scale for Academics

Bünyamin İspir; İrem Uzun; Seda Okumuş; Ufuk Şimşek

doi:10.17275/per.26.77.13.6

Development of the “Seven Principles for Good Practice” Scale for Academics

Abstract

This study aims to develop a valid and reliable scale to assess academics’ perceptions of the quality of undergraduate educational environments and to examine whether these perceptions differ across various variables. An exploratory sequential design was used. First, the researchers created an item pool of 55 items. The item pool was then presented to 17 experts. The researchers administered the scale to 397 academics from various universities using the snowball sampling method. As a result of the exploratory factor analysis, 38 items with sufficient factor loadings were grouped under a single factor. To test the construct validity of the scale, a confirmatory factor analysis was conducted with 268 academics. The Cronbach's alpha internal consistency coefficient was found to be .99. In addition, In addition, the AVE value exceeded .50, while the CR value exceeded .70. Overall, the findings supported the validity and reliability of the 38-item, single-factor scale. The developed scale was then used to examine academics’ perceptions across various demographic and professional variables. The analysis revealed no statistically significant differences in academics' perceptions of the seven principles for good practice according to gender, undergraduate or postgraduate teaching experience, academic title, and seniority. These findings suggest that demographic and professional variables do not influence academics’ fundamental beliefs about effective educational practices.

Keywords

seven principles, academics, scale development, exploratory sequential design

Supporting Institution

Higher Education Council, Ataturk University

Project Number

This study was prepared under the Research Universities project numbered SBA-2023-11962.

Ethical Statement

The study was deemed ethically appropriate, as per decision number 01 made at the 14th meeting of the Atatürk University Social and Human Sciences Ethics Committee on 23 December 2022.

Thanks

This study was prepared under the Research Universities project numbered SBA-2023-11962. We would like to thank the Higher Education Council and the Atatürk University Scientific Research Projects Coordination Unit for their support.

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Bünyamin İspir
0000-0002-0428-8887
Türkiye

İrem Uzun
0000-0001-9452-4494
Türkiye

Seda Okumuş ^*
0000-0001-6271-8278
Türkiye

Ufuk Şimşek
0000-0002-4699-0674
Türkiye

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November 1, 2026

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February 15, 2026

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September 5, 2026

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Year 2026 Volume: 13 Number: 6

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İspir, B., Uzun, İ., Okumuş, S., & Şimşek, U. (2026). Development of the “Seven Principles for Good Practice” Scale for Academics. Participatory Educational Research, 13(6), 25-47. https://doi.org/10.17275/per.26.77.13.6

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1.Bünyamin İspir, İrem Uzun, Seda Okumuş, Ufuk Şimşek. Development of the “Seven Principles for Good Practice” Scale for Academics. PER. 2026 Nov. 1;13(6):25-47. doi:10.17275/per.26.77.13.6

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