Research Article

Adaptation of Metacognitive Awareness Inventory for Teachers (MAIT) to Turkish: A Validity-Reliability Study

Number: 47 July 9, 2025
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Adaptation of Metacognitive Awareness Inventory for Teachers (MAIT) to Turkish: A Validity-Reliability Study

Abstract

This study aims to adapt the Metacognitive Awareness Inventory for Teachers (MAIT) into Turkish and examine its psychometric properties. The inventory serves the purpose of measuring teachers' metacognitive awareness of their instructional processes. It consists of 24 items and six factors. In the adaptation process, comprehensive validation measures were employed, containing assessments of linguistic equivalence, conceptual and experiential equivalence, and construct validity. Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) was utilized for assessing construct validity. The CFA results showed that the Turkish version of the MAIT demonstrated excellent fit on the SRMR index and acceptable fit values on other indices. Internal validity was examined through the correlation between the inventory and each sub-factor. Within the realibility studies, the analyses ascertained a McDonald’s ω value of .94. As a result, it was revealed that the MAIT Turkish form stands as a valid and reliable measurement instrument for assessing teachers’ metacognitive awareness in instruction.

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Ethical Statement

This research was ethically examined and approved by the Gaziantep University Social and Human Sciences Ethics Committee. Date of Ethics Evaluation Document: 06.05.2022 Issue Number of Ethics Evaluation Document: 171710

Thanks

The authors would like to express their sincere appreciation to Prof. Yeşim Özer Özkan for her expert insights, especially for the data analysis phase, which significantly contributed to the quality of this research.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Cross-Cultural Scale Adaptation

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

July 9, 2025

Submission Date

March 15, 2024

Acceptance Date

February 15, 2025

Published in Issue

Year 2025 Number: 47

APA
Akdaş, M. S., & Özyurt, M. (2025). Adaptation of Metacognitive Awareness Inventory for Teachers (MAIT) to Turkish: A Validity-Reliability Study. Dicle Üniversitesi Ziya Gökalp Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi, 47, 1-23. https://doi.org/10.14582/zgefd.1453662