Distance Education Attitudes (DEAS) during COVID-19 Crisis: Factor Structure, Reliability and Construct Validity of the Brief DEA Scale in Greek-Speaking SEND Teachers

Autor/inn/en	Tzivinikou, Sotiria; Charitaki, Garyfalia; Kagkara, Dimitra
Titel	Distance Education Attitudes (DEAS) during COVID-19 Crisis: Factor Structure, Reliability and Construct Validity of the Brief DEA Scale in Greek-Speaking SEND Teachers
Quelle	In: Technology, Knowledge and Learning, 26 (2021) 3, S.461-479 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Charitaki, Garyfalia)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2211-1662
DOI	10.1007/s10758-020-09483-1
Schlagwörter	Distance Education; Attitude Measures; Special Education Teachers; Foreign Countries; Psychometrics; Factor Structure; Factor Analysis; Test Reliability; Construct Validity; Goodness of Fit; Program Implementation; COVID-19; Pandemics; Greece + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Special education; Teacher; Teachers; Sonderpädagoge; Sonderpädagogik; Sonderschulwesen; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Ausland; Psychometry; Psychometrie; Faktorenstruktur; Faktorenanalyse; Testreliabilität; Griechenland
Abstract	The aim of this study was to evaluate the psychometric properties (factor structure, reliability and construct validity) of the Brief Distance Education Attitudes (DEA) scale. Four hundred twenty-two SEND teachers filled out socio-demographic data forms and the DEAS. Factors were extracted by EFA (Principal Components Analysis) and confirmed by Analysis of Moment Structures. No floor-ceiling effects were observed. No significant differences of skewness and kurtosis were observed between the two Domains. All goodness of fit indices generated by CFA were found satisfactory (TLI = 0.962 > 0.95, RMSEA = 0.035 < 0.08, CFI = 0.943 [greater than or equal to] 0.90, X[subscript 2](34) = 57.93, p = 0.000 and SRMR = 0.034 < 0.08). Cronbach's alpha value formed at [alpha] = 0.764. SEND teachers' attitudes towards Efficacy in Distance Education and Difficulties Related to Distance Education are considered as significant factors for the implementation of distance education during COVID-19 crisis. Consequently, universities, education technology corporations and policy makers should take consideration of these factors so as to train SEND teachers' and support emergency remote-teaching scenarios. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01