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Educational Policy Analysis and Strategic Research
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Original article | Educational Policy Analysis and Strategic Research 2023, Vol. 18(2) 133-147

A Validity and Reliability Analysis of the Pre-service Teachers' Attitudes towards Virtual Classroom Environment Scale

Filiz Çetin & Özden Demirkan

pp. 133 - 147   |  DOI: https://doi.org/10.29329/epasr.2023.548.7   |  Manu. Number: MANU-2211-29-0001.R1

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Abstract

This studyaims to develop a measurement tool to be used to determine the attitudes of pre-service teachers towards virtual classroom environments. For this purpose, the literature on the subject was examined, and student opinions were taken. As a result of these processes, a 50-item piloting form of the scale was prepared. The prepared scale items were presented to the expert opinion in terms of content validity, and after the feedback obtained from the experts, some items were rearranged with minor corrections and transformed into a 50-item scale. The scale was administered to 282 students, 234 female and 48 male, studying in different teaching programs and different grade levels at Gazi University Gazi Faculty of Education in the spring term of the 2021-2022 academic year. Validity and reliability analyses of the scale were made based on the data set obtained as a result of the application. Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) was performed for construct validity, and as a result of the Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA), a scale consisting of 46 items and 2 sub-dimensions was obtained. The total variance explanation rate of the two factors in the structure of the scale was 62.79%. The reliability analysis results obtained for the scale revealed that the Cronbach's alpha reliability coefficient for the overall scale was .98, and the reliability coefficients for the sub-factors were .98 and .96, respectively.

Keywords: Virtual Classroom, Attitude, Pre-Service Teachers

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Cetin, F. & Demirkan, O. (2023). A Validity and Reliability Analysis of the Pre-service Teachers' Attitudes towards Virtual Classroom Environment Scale . Educational Policy Analysis and Strategic Research, 18(2), 133-147. doi: 10.29329/epasr.2023.548.7

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Cetin, F. and Demirkan, O. (2023). A Validity and Reliability Analysis of the Pre-service Teachers' Attitudes towards Virtual Classroom Environment Scale . Educational Policy Analysis and Strategic Research, 18(2), pp. 133-147.

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Cetin, Filiz and Ozden Demirkan (2023). "A Validity and Reliability Analysis of the Pre-service Teachers' Attitudes towards Virtual Classroom Environment Scale ". Educational Policy Analysis and Strategic Research 18 (2):133-147. doi:10.29329/epasr.2023.548.7.
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