The aim of this research is to develop the scale of self-knowledge for
learning English. The research population consists of all the ninth-grade
students receiving education in Anatolian high schools of the Aydın city in the
academic year 2015-16. For the first pre-implementation, the sample
of the study includes 646 ninth class students in five Anatolian high schools
in a province of Aydın. Following the analyses, the scale was revised. For the
second pre-implementation of the revised scale, a different sample in another
two provinces of Aydın was determined, and the sample included 816 ninth grade
students receiving education in eight Anatolian high schools in total, four
schools for each one of the two provinces in the same academic year. After the
analyses of the first pre-implementation and second pre-implementation data
separately, it was determined that, the scale developed consists of a total of
17 items and those items were grouped under the four factors identically in
both analyses. Regarding to the factors’ percentages in explaining total
variance of the scale; the percentages are 19% for metacognition, 17% for motivation, 13% for anxiety and 12% for
endeavor. It was identified that all these factors together contribute to the
variance of the scale with a percentage of 61%. Key to the confirmatory factor
analysis carried out after the explanatory factor analysis, the fit indices
were examined altogether, and the model was determined as acceptable overall.
In the analysis carried out to determine the internal consistency coefficients
of the scale, Cronbach Alpha reliability coefficient was found to be 0.81 for
the whole scale. This indicated that the items of the scale are consistent with
each other. Internal consistency reliability coefficients determined for the
factors respectively are; 0.84 for metacognition, 0.85 for motivation, 0.72 for
endeavor and 0.70 for the fourth factor
anxiety. In accordance with the results obtained in the study, the scale can be
used as a valid and reliable instrument to measure ninth class students’
self-perceptions for learning English.
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Yayımlanma Tarihi | 30 Eylül 2017 |
Yayımlandığı Sayı | Yıl 2017 Cilt: 2 Sayı: 3 |