A Questionnaire for Motivation towards Science Learning: A Validity and Reliability Study

dc.creator	Süleyman Yaman
dc.creator	Yüksel Dede
dc.date	2008-06-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-08-12T11:25:45Z
dc.date.available	2015-08-12T11:25:45Z
dc.identifier	1307-6086
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/87366b1db45d4a779cae127e42e6558d
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/30215
dc.description	Motivation is one of the main factors in education. It is a dimension that should not be neglected in classes, hard to be comprehended by students, like Science and Mathematics. Thus, the purpose of this study was to develop a Likert-type questionnaire to measure students’ motivation towards Science learning. In order to develop this questionnaire, a pretest form was developed through a literature survey, and presented to experts for their evaluation. After the alterations based on their suggestions, a pilot study with 183 middle school students was held to revise the questionnaire. After the revision, a total of 39 items in the questionnaire was administered to the sample group of 421 elementary school students. By this way, a questionnaire consisting of 23 items were developed. In order to obtain validity, exploratory factor analysis was performed. The results of factor analysis indicated that there are five factors explaining 47% of the total variance in the questionnaire. Moreover, the reliability coefficient (Cronbach Alpha) was found to be .80.
dc.language	Turkish
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Necatibey Faculty of Education
dc.relation	http://www.nef.balikesir.edu.tr/~dergi/makaleler/yayinda/4/EFMED_FBE106.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 2, Iss 1, Pp 19-37 (2008)
dc.subject	Science education
dc.subject	motivation
dc.subject	questionnaire
dc.subject	validity
dc.subject	reliability
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	A Questionnaire for Motivation towards Science Learning: A Validity and Reliability Study
dc.type	article