Mathematics Teaching Anxiety Scale: Construction, Reliability and Validity

Vesile ALKAN; Tolga COŞGUNER; Yücel FİDAN

doi:https://doi.org/10.21449/ijate.625423

Makale detayları

Mathematics Teaching Anxiety Scale: Construction, Reliability and Validity

Yazarlar:

Vesile ALKAN | Tolga COŞGUNER | Yücel FİDAN

Yayıncı:

İzzet KARA

Ana Başlıklar:

Eğitim

Dergi:

International Journal of Assessment Tools in Education 2019 Vol.6 Issue 3, pp.506-521

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

10/2019

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000718675

Sıklık:

Üç Aylık

eISSN:

2148-7456

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21449/ijate.625423

Özet:

 


This
study aimed to develop mathematics teaching anxiety scale for prospective
primary school teachers. It was designed based on survey method and conducted
with four sampling group consisting of 956 prospective primary school teachers
at Education Faculties in Turkey. First sampling group was consisted of 404
prospective primary school teachers and 96 out of it were involved in the
application of open-ended questions and 308 were involved in exploratory factor
analysis. 305 prospective primary school teachers in the second sampling group
participated in the confirmatory factor analysis, 108 prospective teachers in
the third group were involved in criterion validity and 139 prospective
teachers in the fourth one participated in the test-retest reliability
analysis. As a result of the principal component analysis of the Mathematics
Teaching Anxiety Scale (MTAS), it was found that the scale indicating single factor structure and consisting of 31
items (47.43% of the total variance). After suggested modifications, the scale
MTAS was constructed with 19 items. 12 items were removed from the scale and
the confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was carried out with 19 items. According
to CFA results (0≤X2 / df = 1.483≤2, RMSEA = 0.040, RMR = 0.050, AGFI = 0.908,
TLI = 0.972, CFI = 0.976, IFI = 0.976, GFI = 0.928, NFI = 0.930 and RFI =
0.919), it was confirmed that the scale structure was consisting of 19 items
and one dimension. Cronbach's alpha coefficient of the final form of
Mathematics Teaching Anxiety Scale was calculated as 0.93.

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This study aimed to develop mathematics teaching anxiety scale for prospective primary school teachers. It was designed based on survey method and conducted with four sampling group consisting of 956 prospective primary school teachers at Education Faculties in Turkey. First sampling group was consisted of 404 prospective primary school teachers and 96 out of it were involved in the application of open-ended questions and 308 were involved in exploratory factor analysis. 305 prospective primary school teachers in the second sampling group participated in the confirmatory factor analysis, 108 prospective teachers in the third group were involved in criterion validity and 139 prospective teachers in the fourth one participated in the test-retest reliability analysis. As a result of the principal component analysis of the Mathematics Teaching Anxiety Scale (MTAS), it was found that the scale indicating single factor structure and consisting of 31 items (47.43% of the total variance). After suggested modifications, the scale MTAS was constructed with 19 items. 12 items were removed from the scale and the confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was carried out with 19 items. According to CFA results (0≤X2 / df = 1.483≤2, RMSEA = 0.040, RMR = 0.050, AGFI = 0.908, TLI = 0.972, CFI = 0.976, IFI = 0.976, GFI = 0.928, NFI = 0.930 and RFI = 0.919), it was confirmed that the scale structure was consisting of 19 items and one dimension. Cronbach's alpha coefficient of the final form of Mathematics Teaching Anxiety Scale was calculated as 0.93.

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Makale detayları

Mathematics Teaching Anxiety Scale: Construction, Reliability and Validity

Yazarlar: Vesile ALKAN | Tolga COŞGUNER | Yücel FİDAN

Yayıncı: İzzet KARA

Ana Başlıklar: Eğitim

Dergi: International Journal of Assessment Tools in Education 2019 Vol.6 Issue 3, pp.506-521

Belge Tipi: Makale

Yayın Tarihi: 10/2019

Belge Dili: İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.): 2000718675

Sıklık: Üç Aylık

eISSN: 2148-7456

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21449/ijate.625423

Sayı

Yazarlar:

Vesile ALKAN | Tolga COŞGUNER | Yücel FİDAN

Yayıncı:

İzzet KARA

Ana Başlıklar:

Eğitim

Dergi:

International Journal of Assessment Tools in Education 2019 Vol.6 Issue 3, pp.506-521

Belge Tipi:

Makale

Yayın Tarihi:

10/2019

Belge Dili:

İngilizce

Document ID (Org No.):

2000718675

Sıklık:

Üç Aylık

eISSN:

2148-7456

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21449/ijate.625423