CRITICAL LISTENING ATTITUDE SCALE'S VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY STUDY FOR PROSPECTIVE TEACHERS
ÖĞRETMEN ADAYLARI İÇİN ELEŞTİREL DİNLEME TUTUM ÖLÇEĞİNİN GEÇERLİK VE GÜVENİRLİK ÇALIŞMASI

Author : Yusuf TAŞKIN
Number of pages : 116-128

Abstract

One of the methods for listening is critical listening, in Turkish course curriculum. Critical listening is a student-centered method as it involves students to the process. The active role of students and the aim of finding their own truths are the main purposes of critical listening.The aim of this study is to develop a valid and reliable attitude scale consisting of Likert type scale items for measuring the attitude against critical listening. The study group includes 200 of Dumlupınar University Teaching Department students, studied in 2015-2016 academic year. The group consists of 120 female and 80 male students. Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin(KMO) value of the scale was found as 793, and Bartlett’s test of sphericity value is found as (x2=957,551; sd=190 p<.,000). The students were asked for the answers of scale items which are applied as pre-trials and asked for experts’ opinions. Scale items were prepared by researcher by scanning the literature and taking experts’ opinions. 80 items of first scale was reduced to 39 according to the advices of experts. 32 of the items include positive judgments, while 7 of them include negative ones. The items which include negative judgments have given points inversely. Cronbach’s Alpha reliability which is used for calculating the internal consistency of the scale was found as 816. As the result of factor analysis, it is observed that the scale has divided into 3 sub-dimensions. The findings show that the scale is valid and reliable. The scale can be used for measuring the critical listening attitudes of teacher candidates.

Keywords

Scale, attitude, Turkish education, critical listening, teacher candidates.

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