Development of elementary school teachers’ attitudes to the only children scale

Kerem Coşkun

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Development of elementary school teachers’ attitudes to the only children scale

Abstract

The present study aims to develop a scale assessing elementary teachers’ attitudes towards the only children because there is no scale which addresses to measure teacher attitudes related to birth order. Totally 429 elementary school teachers participated the study. Preliminary analysis indicated that the data is convenient to Exploratory Factor Analysis. Rotated Factor Analysis with Varimax Rotation was conducted and three factors were extracted. These factors were named as Positive Characteristics, Negative Characteristics, Personal Characteristics of Only Children. Cronbach Alpha Coefficient of these scales .79 and .70 and overall internal reliability of the scale is .70. After the factor analysis and reliability analysis it was found that the Scale of Elementary School Teachers’ Attitudes towards the Only Children is reliable and useful to assess the teachers’ attitudes.

Keywords

Only Children,attitude,primary school children,scale development

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Details

Primary Language

Turkish

Subjects

Studies on Education

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Kerem Coşkun
Artvin Coruh University, Education Faculty
0000-0002-3343-2112
Türkiye

Publication Date

December 27, 2017

Submission Date

November 15, 2017

Acceptance Date

December 17, 2017

Published in Issue

Year 2017 Volume: 1 Number: 1

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https://izlik.org/JA57LG25NM

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Coşkun, K. (2017). Development of elementary school teachers’ attitudes to the only children scale. Studies in Educational Research and Development, 1(1), 18-29. https://izlik.org/JA57LG25NM

AMA

1.Coşkun K. Development of elementary school teachers’ attitudes to the only children scale. SERD. 2017;1(1):18-29. https://izlik.org/JA57LG25NM

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Coşkun, Kerem. 2017. “Development of Elementary School Teachers’ Attitudes to the only Children Scale”. Studies in Educational Research and Development 1 (1): 18-29. https://izlik.org/JA57LG25NM.

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Coşkun K (December 1, 2017) Development of elementary school teachers’ attitudes to the only children scale. Studies in Educational Research and Development 1 1 18–29.

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[1]K. Coşkun, “Development of elementary school teachers’ attitudes to the only children scale”, SERD, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 18–29, Dec. 2017, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA57LG25NM

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Coşkun, Kerem. “Development of Elementary School Teachers’ Attitudes to the only Children Scale”. Studies in Educational Research and Development 1/1 (December 1, 2017): 18-29. https://izlik.org/JA57LG25NM.

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1.Coşkun K. Development of elementary school teachers’ attitudes to the only children scale. SERD. 2017;1:18–29.

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Coşkun, Kerem. “Development of Elementary School Teachers’ Attitudes to the only Children Scale”. Studies in Educational Research and Development, vol. 1, no. 1, Dec. 2017, pp. 18-29, https://izlik.org/JA57LG25NM.

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1.Kerem Coşkun. Development of elementary school teachers’ attitudes to the only children scale. SERD [Internet]. 2017 Dec. 1;1(1):18-29. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA57LG25NM