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Öz

The aim of this study was to adapt the Mathematics-Anxiety Scale- Revised (MAS-R) which was developed by Bai et al. (2009) into Turkish language and conduct reliability and validity analyses. The study was conducted with 441 pre-service science teachers from a public university. After cultural adaptation of MARS-R into Turkish, reliability and validity analysis was performed. Explanatory and confirmatory factor analyses yielded consistent results with the original version. The internal consistency reliability was found as .91 for the two-factor scale, while positive and negative factors were found as .84 and .90 respectively. The item total correlation ranged from .46 to .77. Therefore, MARS-R was found to be a valid and reliable instrument for assessing bidimensional mathematical anxiety of university students. Implications about the bidimensional structure of the scale were discussed

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Mathematics Anxiety, Psychometric Property, Factor Analysis

İki Boyutlu Matematik Kaygısı Ölçeğinin Türkçe Formunun Geçerlik ve Güvenirlik Çalışması

Öz

Bu araştırmanın amacı Bai vd.(2009) tarafından üniversite öğrencilerinin matematiğe yönelik kaygılarını ölçmek amacıyla geliştirilen Matematik Kaygısı Ölçeği’nin (MKÖ) Türkçeye uyarlama ve ölçeğin geçerlik ve güvenirlik çalışmasını yapmaktır. Araştırmaya bir devlet üniversitesinin Eğitim Fakültesinde öğrenim görmekte olan 441 öğretmen adayı katılmıştır. Yapılan açıklayıcı ve doğrulayıcı faktör analizlerine göre ölçeğin orijinal formla uyumlu olduğu görülmüştür. Ölçeğin iç tutarlılık katsayısı .91 ve ölçeğin alt faktörlerine ait güvenirlik katsayısı birinci faktör için (negatif faktör) .90 ve ikinci faktör için (pozitif faktör) .84 olarak bulunmuştur. Ölçeğin madde geçerliğine ve homojenliğine ilişkin hesaplanan madde-toplam test korelasyonları .46 ile .77 arasında değişmektedir. Bu bulgulara dayanılarak, MKÖ’nün üniversite düzeyindeki öğrencilerin matematik kaygılarını ölçmede kullanılabilecek geçerli ve güvenilir bir ölçek olduğu sonucuna ulaşılmıştır. Ölçeğin iki boyutlu yapısı ile ilgili öneriler getirilmiştir.

 Anahtar Sözcükler: matematik kaygısı, matematik kaygı ölçeği, psikometrik özellik, faktör analizi

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