Development of Attitude Scale Toward the Usage of History of Mathematics

dc.creator	Suphi Önder BÜTÜNER
dc.creator	Adnan BAKİ
dc.date	2011-12-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:16:02Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:16:02Z
dc.identifier	1307-6086
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/c8781c97e86a452697ec2fef86931a01
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/18149
dc.description	In this study, the aim is to develop an attitude scale in order to identify the students’ attitudes toward the usage of history of mathematics (ASUHM). In order to conduct the validity and reliability studies, the scale was administered to 113 students as 69 eight grade students and 44 ninth grade students in Trabzon city in Turkey. For the overall validity of the scale, its content and construct were examined. The reliability analysis was performed by computing the item-total correlation, Cronbach’s Alpha (internal consistency coefficient). Furthermore, for reliability, two groups including the lower 27% and upper 27% were created using their total scores, and the difference between the item-mean scores of these groups was examined using the independent samples t-test. Following all validity and reliability studies, the researchers obtained a scale consisting of 16 items and single factor. Cronbach’s Alpha reliability coefficient of the scale was 0.95 and explains 60.6% of the total variance. These results indicate that the scale is reliable and valid and it can be used to determine students’ attitude toward the usage of history of mathematics.
dc.language	Turkish
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Necatibey Faculty of Education
dc.relation	http://www.nef.balikesir.edu.tr/~dergi/makaleler/yayinda/11/EFMED_MTE164.pdf
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1307-6086
dc.rights	CC BY-NC-ND
dc.source	Necatibey Faculty of Education, Electronic Journal of Science and Mathematics Education , Vol 5, Iss 2, Pp 278-311 (2011)
dc.subject	history of mathematics
dc.subject	attitude scale
dc.subject	activities
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Development of Attitude Scale Toward the Usage of History of Mathematics
dc.type	article