Intercultural Adaptation and Validity Study: Universal Science Literacy Scale (USLS)

Autor/inn/en	Çelik, Cüneyd; Can, Sendil
Titel	Intercultural Adaptation and Validity Study: Universal Science Literacy Scale (USLS)
Quelle	In: Universal Journal of Educational Research, 5 (2017) 12, S.2125-2136 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2332-3205
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Scientific Literacy; Measures (Individuals); Preservice Teachers; Science Teachers; Construct Validity; Factor Analysis; Factor Structure; Goodness of Fit; Test Validity; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Messdaten; Science; Teacher; Teachers; Science teacher; Wissenschaft; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Faktorenanalyse; Faktorenstruktur; Testvalidität; Türkei
Abstract	The purpose of the current study is to adapt "The Universal Science Literacy Scale" developed by Mun, Shin, Lee, Kim, Choi, Choi and Krajcik into Turkish. The study group of the current research is comprised of a total of 645 pre-service science teachers from 6 different universities of Turkey. In the first stage of the adaptation study, the items of the original scale were translated into Turkish by ELT field experts. Then, a linguistic equivalence test was conducted for the linguistic validity of the scale. The construct validity of the scale was tested with Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA). The obtained findings showed that the adapted scale has the same factor structure as the original scale. In addition to this, the results of CFA revealed that the goodness-of-fit indices of the scale are quite good. Cronbach alpha internal consistency (reliability) coefficient of the scale was found to be 0.91. As a result of the analyses conducted, it was concluded that the Universal Science Literacy Scale is a valid scale that can make contributions to the relevant literature in Turkey. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01