A PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION OF UNIDIMENSIONAL FACTOR STRUCTURE OF TRICE ACADEMIC LOCUS OF CONTROL SCALE IN EFL STUDENTS

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 Locus of control is one of the major factors of school/academic performance. People who have external locus of control believe that life events are controlled by fate, chance, or luck. Conversely, those who have internal locus of control believe that life events are influenced by their behavior. The aim of this study is to check psychometric properties (i.e. the reliability and validity) of Trice Academic Locus of Control Scale using a sample of 402 EFL students involved in tertiary education in Europe (Nmales = 198, 50.5%; Nfemales = 204, 49.5%; Mage = 21.56, SDage = 1.88). Their ages ranged between 18 and 27 years old. After excluding eight items with poor psychometric characteristics, a unidimensional underlying factor structure was examined of the TALCS from the data. The reliability coefficient (Cronbach's Alpha) for the revised version of the TALCS scale was .96. The mean value of their years of study was calculated as M = 3.02 whereas the standard deviation was SD = 1.24. Gender differences in academic locus of control were not statistically significant at predefined alpha level of .05. The correlation between participants' academic locus of control and their age was very small and statistically insignificant. Some implications of these findings were discussed as well as suggestions for future studies in this field of pedagogic psychology. Keywords: academic locus of control, EFL students, reliability, validity. 

Anahtar Kelimeler

• academic locus of control,EFL students,reliability,validity

ПРЕДВОРИТЕЛЬНЫЙ ОБЗОР ОДНОМЕРНОЙ СТРУКТУРЫ ТРЕУГОЛНИКА TRİCE С ЦЕЛЬЮ ИЗМЕРЕНИЯ ЗНАНИЙ У СТУДЕНТОВ ИЗУЧАВШИХ АНГЛИЙСКИЙ КАК ИНОСТРАННЫ ЯЗЫК

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Цель статьи расскрыть надёжность и фактор действия системы академического контроля Trice. Для этого был проведён опрос 402 студентов одного из вузов эгейсского региона, где студенты изучают английский как иностранный язык (EFL). Возраст опрошенных студентов является от 18 до 27 лет. В течении опроса не было использовано 8 слабых метрических элементов. После чего, исследование было проведено по принципе одномерой системы TALCS. Оно было равно к (Cronbach’ın Alfası) α = .96. Средний период обучения равно M=3.02, а стандартное отклонение - SD=1.24. Разница данных между полами является - альфа 05. Для измерения срока обучения по шкале ровно M=3.02, а средних арифметических данные ровно SD= 1.24. Было установлено, что академический локус контроля и коллерация по отшошениис возрастом низкая и с точки зрения статистики значительная. Эту статью можно использовать как рекомендацию в сфере педпсихологии. 

Anahtar Kelimeler

• академическая локус контроля,надёжность,студенты изучающие английский,срок действия

İNGİLİZCEYİ YABANCI DİL OLARAK ÖĞRENEN ÖĞRENCİLERDE TRİCE AKADEMİK KONTROL ODAĞI ÖLÇEĞİNİN TEK BOYUTLU FAKTÖR YAPISININ ÖN İNCELEMESİ

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Denetim odağı okul ve akademik performansının önde gelen belirleyici faktörlerindendir. Dışa yönelik denetim odağı olanlar olayların kader, şans ve başka güçler tarafından kontrol edildiğine inanırlar. Bunun aksine, içsel denetim odağı olanlar hayattaki olayların kendi davranışları tarafından etkilendiğine inanırlar. Bu çalışmanın amacı Türkiye’de üniversite seviyesinde İngilizceyi Yabancı Dil Olarak (EFL) öğrenen ve Türkiye’nin Ege Bölgesinde bir üniversitede okumakta olan 402 katılımcı üzerinde Trice Akademik Kontrol Ölçeğinin güvenirliğini ve geçerliğini ortaya çıkarmaktır. Katılımcıların yaşları 18 ve 27 arasında değişkenlik göstermektedir. Çok kuvvetli olmayan sekiz tane metrik unsur çıkarıldıktan sonra verilerden TALCS’ın tek boyutlu öncelikli faktör yapısı incelenmiştir. TALCS ölçeğinin güvenirlik katsayısı (Cronbach’ın Alfası) α = .96’ya eşitti. Öğrencilik yıl sürelerinin ortalama değeri M=3.02 olmasına karşın standart sapma SD=1.24’dür. Akademik kontrol odağı üzerindeki cinsiyet farklılıklarının ise istatiksel olarak önemli olmadığı ve önceden tanımlanan alfa. 05 seviyesinde olduğu görülmüştür. Katılımcıların okuma sürelerinin aritmetik ortalaması M=3.02 olmasına karşın SD= 1.24 olarak ortaya çıkmıştır. Katılımcıların akademik kontrol odağı ve yaşları ile korelasyonunun düşük ve istatistiksel olarak anlamlı olduğu ortaya çıkmıştır. Araştırma bulgularının sonuçları tartışılmış olup pedagojik psikoloji alanında ileride yapılabilecek çalışmalar için önerilerde bulunulmuştur.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• akademik kontrol odağı,güvenirlik,İngilizce öğrenen öğrenciler,geçerlilik

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