Measuring Ocean Literacy in Pre-Service Teachers: Psychometric Properties of the Greek Version of the Survey of Ocean Literacy and Experience (SOLE)

Autor/inn/en	Markos, Angelos; Boubonari, Theodora; Mogias, Athanasios; Kevrekidis, Theodoros
Titel	Measuring Ocean Literacy in Pre-Service Teachers: Psychometric Properties of the Greek Version of the Survey of Ocean Literacy and Experience (SOLE)
Quelle	In: Environmental Education Research, 23 (2017) 2, S.231-251 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Markos, Angelos)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1350-4622
DOI	10.1080/13504622.2015.1126807
Schlagwörter	Literacy; Oceanography; Measurement Techniques; Psychometrics; Greek; Case Studies; Goodness of Fit; Foreign Countries; Preservice Teachers; Elementary School Teachers; Cultural Context; Marine Education; Educational Quality; Cross Cultural Studies; Item Analysis; Reliability; Item Response Theory; Statistical Analysis; Factor Analysis; Questionnaires; Student Attitudes; Greece + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; Ozeanografie; Messtechnik; Psychometry; Psychometrie; Grieche; Griechisch; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Ausland; Elementary school; Teacher; Teachers; Grundschule; Volksschule; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Itemanalyse; Reliabilität; Item-Response-Theorie; Statistische Analyse; Faktorenanalyse; Fragebogen; Schülerverhalten; Griechenland
Abstract	The aim of the present study was to respond to the increasing demand for comprehensive tools for the measurement of ocean literacy, by investigating the psychometric characteristics of a Greek version of the Survey of Ocean Literacy and Experience (SOLE), an instrument that assesses conceptual understanding of general ocean sciences content, focusing on the knowledge component. Four hundred twenty-one pre-service primary school teachers participated in a cross-sectional study. The dichotomous Rasch model was used to examine the measurement properties of the SOLE, namely, person-item targeting and separation, reliability, dimensionality and differential item functioning (DIF). Steps were taken to improve the instrument, where any of these attributes were outside acceptable ranges. Results suggested that a modified SOLE showed an adequate fit to the Rasch model, is unidimensional, free of DIF, and is particularly well-suited to the population under study. Our findings suggest that the SOLE constitutes a valuable tool which can be applied to a different cultural context and population. The proposed use of the instrument could contribute to the assessment of the quality of marine education in school-based and non-formal education contexts and to the cross-cultural comparison of ocean literacy, which are prerequisites for the improvement of ocean literacy. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01