Ebeveynlerin, Fene ve Okul Öncesi Dönemde Fen Etkinliklerine Yönelik Görüşlerini Belirleme Ölçeği’nin Geliştirilmesi

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to develop a scale for determining parents’ views about science and preschool science activities. The group of this study consisted of parents (N=100) of 100 children studying at the kindergartens of 3 primary schools and 1 private preschool located in Giresun at 2014-2015 school year. The Parents’ Views about Science and Preschool Science Activities Scale (PaVSPeSAS); is a quintet Likert type scale composed of 50 items and five sub-factors. Experts’ views were consulted for the content validity of scale. In order to determine psychometric properties of scale, item analysis, and Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) were carried out with data collected from the research. In accordance with results related to CFA and item analysis, 58 items were excluded from scale, and the scale took its final form with 50 items. Results of the CFA and item analysis were revealed that within the scope of five-factor structure, construct validity was high for target characteristics to be measured. Cronbach alpha reliability coefficient of the scale was calculated as .935. Also Cronbach alpha reliability coefficient of factors of the scale varied between .734 and .913. In this context, it could be acceptable that scale was reliability.