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TITLE OF PUBLICATION
A STUDY OF DEVELOPING AN ATTITUDE SCALE TOWARDS CHEMISTRY
NAME OF AUTHOR(S)
Adnan Kan, Ahmet Akbaş
NAME OF PUBLISHER
Mersin University Journal of the Faculty of Education
YEAR OF PUBLICATION
2005
LANGUAGE OF PUBLICATION
Turkish
PUBLICATION TYPOLOGY
Research
TARGET GROUP OF PUBLICATION
Researchers, Teachers, Policy Makers
SIZE OF THE PUBLICATION
3 – 10 pages
DESCRIPTION OF CONTENTS
The purpose of this study is to develop a scale for assessing attitudes towards chemistry for students who attend high school. The final scale composed of 30 items were applied to the 820 students of 10 high schools who are educated in the centre of Mersin. The principal component analysis rotated to varimax rotation was used to obtain evidence for validity of the scale. As a result of this analysis, it has been determined that the scale has a structure composed of three factors; positive attitudes, negative attitudes and activity areas.
REVIEWER’S COMMENTS ON THE PUBLICATION
This research study has developed an attitude scale. With this scale researchers and practitioners can measure the attitudes of students towards chemistry.
WHERE TO FIND IT
http://efd.mersin.edu.tr/dergi/meuefd_2005_001_002/pdf/meuefd_2005_001_002_0227-0237_kan&akbas.pdf
PDF OF THE PUBLICATION
58_3.pdf
NAME OF THE REVIEWING ORGANISATION
Kırıkkale University Education Faculty

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