Adaptation of the Social Context and Learning Environment Scale to Turkish: Validity and Reliability Study

• Main Authors: Hatice ALTUNKAYA, Ahmet BAŞKAN
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kastamonu University 2019-11-01
• Series: Kastamonu Eğitim Dergisi
• Subjects: social context, learning environment, scale.
• Online Access: https://kefdergi.kastamonu.edu.tr/index.php/Kefdergi/article/view/3554
• ISSN: 1300-8811; 2147-9844

The aim of this study is to determine the adaptation and psychometric properties of the Social Context and Learning Environment Scale to Turkish. The research was carried out with 310 prospective teachers in different departments of Dicle University Ziya Gökalp Faculty of Education in the academic year of 2017-2018. Confirmatory and explanatory factor analyzes were conducted to establish the validity and reliability of the Social Context and Learning Environment Scale. As a result of the analyzes, the reliability of the scale was found high as Cronbach's Alpha = 0,931. The item 14, which has a negative effect on internal consistency and whose item total correlation value is 0,17 was removed from the scale and a scale consisting of 26 items and 4 dimensions was determined. The first subscale of the scale (items 1-10) was 0.887 for general student-student relationships; the second sub-dimension (items 11-15 [item 14 extracted]) is 0.777 for the official teacher-student relationships; the third sub-dimension (16-20 items) for non-official teacher-student relationships is 0.830; the fourth sub-dimension (items 21-27) was found to be 0.867 Cronbach's Alpha value for the student factor as an instructor. The scale explains 56.489% of the total variance. It can be said that the Social Context and Learning Environment Scale consisting of 26 items and 4 subscales can be used in learning environments as a valid and reliable measurement tool.