Adaptation of the Reading Maturity Survey for College Level Students to Turkish: Instrument and Construct Validation Study

Year 2023, Volume: 13 Issue: 1, 83 - 93, 05.06.2023

Abdullah Kaldırım , Ömer Faruk Tavşanlı

https://doi.org/10.2399/yod.23.1239680

Cited By: 1

Abstract

This study aims to adapt the Reading Maturity Survey (RMS) developed by Thomas, Yao, Katherine, and Kreiner (2018) into Turkish to determine the reading maturity level of university students. The study group of the research consisted of 734 students studying at the university level. In the first phase of the adaptation study, three experts working in the Department of English Language Teaching and a total of 126 university students with sufficient command of both languages were worked with, and language validity practices were completed. After the Turkish language validity was established, Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) were performed to determine the scale’s construct validity. To determine the reliability of the items in the scale, the Cronbach α internal reliability coefficients were calculated. To determine the distinctiveness of the items, the item-total correlations were calculated, and the significance of the difference between the item scores of the upper 27% and lower 27% groups determined according to the total score was determined by the t-test. The study’s findings show that the Turkish version of the RMS is a valid and reliable measurement tool to determine the reading maturity levels of Turkish university students.

Keywords

Reading, Reading Maturity, College Level Students, Instrument and Construct Validation

Üniversite Öğrencileri için Okuma Olgunluğu Ölçeğinin Türkçeye Uyarlanması: Geçerlik ve Güvenirlik Çalışması

Abstract

Bu çalışmanın amacı, üniversite öğrencilerinin okuma olgunluğu düzeyini belirleyebilmek için Thomas, Yao, Katherine ve Kreiner (2018) tarafından geliştirilen Okuma Olgunluğu Ölçeği’ni (OOÖ) Türkçeye uyarlamaktır. Araştırmanın çalışma grubunu üniversite düzeyinde öğrenim görmekte olan 734 öğrenci oluşturmuştur. Uyarlama çalışmasının ilk aşamasında İngilizce öğretmenliği bölümünde görev yapan üç uzman ve her iki dile yeterli düzeyde hâkim olan toplam 126 üniversite öğrencisiyle birlikte çalışılarak dil geçerliğine ilişkin uygulamalar tamamlanmıştır. Türkçe dil geçerliğinin sağlanmasının ardından ölçeğin yapı geçerliğinin belirlenmesi amacıyla Açımlayıcı Faktör Analizi (AFA) ve Doğrulayıcı Faktör Analizleri (DFA) gerçekleştirilmiştir. Ölçekte yer alan maddelerin güvenilirliklerini belirlemek amacıyla Cronbach α iç güvenilirlik katsayıları hesaplanmıştır. Maddelerin ayırt ediciliklerini belirlemek amacıyla ise madde-toplam korelâsyonları hesaplanmış ve toplam puana göre belirlenmiş üst % 27 ve alt % 27’lik grupların madde puanları arasındaki farkın anlamlılığı t-testi ile belirlenmiştir. Araştırmanın bulguları OOÖ’nün Türkçe formunun Türk üniversite öğrencilerinin okuma olgunluğu düzeylerini belirlemek için geçerli ve güvenilir bir ölçme aracı olduğunu göstermektedir.

Keywords

Okuma, Okuma Olgunluğu, Üniversite Öğrencileri, Geçerlik ve Güvenirlik Çalışması

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