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Original article | Educational Policy Analysis and Strategic Research 2021, Vol. 16(3) 336-349

Development of the Teacher Report Form of Anxiety in Pre-school Children

Hakan Şahin

pp. 336 - 349   |  DOI: https://doi.org/10.29329/epasr.2021.373.17   |  Manu. Number: MANU-2009-18-0004.R2

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Abstract

This research was aimed to develop the Teacher Report Form of Anxiety in Pre-School children. A descriptive research was conducted with two study groups. The scale is based on teachers' assessment for preschoolers aged 3-6. During the development process of the form, the theoretical structure was examined and expert opinion was take for the prepared draft. The descriptive research model was used in the research. The research has two study groups. Within the scope of the research, there were 250 preschool teachers in the first group and 260 in the second group. The construct validity was determined as well based on AFA and DFA. The corrected item-total correlations and Cronbach’s alpha reliability coefficient were calculated in order to determine the reliability of the answers given to the scale items. The KMO and Barlett test have showed that the factor analysis is suitable for the data set. It was determined that the items in the scale has clarified 48% of the total variance. With the data acquired as a result of the analyzes, it was determined that the 21 items showed a one-dimensional structure. The Cronbach ‘s alpha coefficient for the scale was determined as 0.939. The corrected item-total correlation coefficients of the items in the final form of the scale vary between 0.483 and 0.744.  As for the factor loading values of the items it differs between 0.38 and 0.41. Since the T value is found to be significant it showed that there were a significant relationships between the observed and latent variables.  As a result of the calculations, a valid, reliable and useful measurement tool that can be used in the literature was developed, based on the teacher’s assessment it is hoped that the scale will fill the gap in this field.

Keywords: Preschool, Anxiety, Teachers’ Assessment

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Sahin, H. (2021). Development of the Teacher Report Form of Anxiety in Pre-school Children . Educational Policy Analysis and Strategic Research, 16(3), 336-349. doi: 10.29329/epasr.2021.373.17

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Sahin, Hakan (2021). "Development of the Teacher Report Form of Anxiety in Pre-school Children ". Educational Policy Analysis and Strategic Research 16 (3):336-349. doi:10.29329/epasr.2021.373.17.
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