Developing an Attitude Scale for Pre-Service Student Teachers’ Material Usage in Classroom Environment

Abstract

The aim of this study is to develop a valid and reliable attitude scale in order to measure pre-service
teachers’ attitudes toward material usage in classroom environment. The study was carried out with 187 pre-service
teachers from Fatih Faculty of Education at Karadeniz Technical University. Validity and assessment of the 33-item
attitude scale was done with a pilot study. According to the results of the pilot study, a 5-point likert-type scale of
attitude towards material usage in classroom environment, consisting of 20 items and two factors was developed and
administered to 187 students, who formed the sampling. The alpha internal consistence coefficient that was
calculated for the reliability of the scale was found to be 0,890