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标题：A Questionnaire for Motivation toward Science Learning: A Validity and Reliability Study
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作者：Yrd. Do.. Dr. Y¨¹ksel DEDE Yrd. Do.. Dr. S¨¹leyman YAMAN
期刊名称：Necatibey Faculty of Education, Electronic Journal of Science and Mathematics Education
印刷版ISSN：1307-6086
出版年度：2008
卷号：2
期号：1
页码：24-24
出版社：Necatibey Faculty of Education
摘要：Motivation is a main factor in education. Motivation in courses that are hard to be comprehended by students, like science and mathematics, is a dimension that should not be neglected. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to develop a Likert-type questionnaire that could measure students¡¯ motivation toward science learning. In order to develop this questionnaire, a pretest form was developed through a literature survey, and presented to experts for evaluation. After 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 a sample of 421 elementary school students. In this way, a questionnaire consisting of 23 items has been developed. In order to determine the validity, exploratory factor analysis was performed. The factor analysis results showed that there were five factors explaining 47% of the total variance in the questionnaire. Moreover the reliability coefficient (Cronbach Alpha) was found as .80.
关键词：Science education, motivation, questionnaire, validity, reliability.