Student Cynicism: A Study of Adaptation, Validity and Reliability of Cynical Attitudes toward College Scale
Journal Title: Yükseköğretim ve Bilim Dergisi - Year 2018, Vol 8, Issue 1
Abstract
The aim of this study is to carry out the validity and reliability study, and the adaptation of the “Cynical Attitudes towards Collage Scale” to Turkish developed by Brockway, Carlson, Jones and Bryant (2002). Study group 1 includes the linguistic equivalence study conducted to determine the consistency between the Turkish and the English form of Cynical Attitudes toward College Scale. The study group 1 constitutes 3rd grade teacher candidates of English Language Teaching Department at Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University in the academic year of 2016-2017. In study group 2 constitutes teacher candidates who are studying in the 3rd and 4th grades of Education Faculty departments of Science Education, English Language Teaching, Mathematics Education, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, Social Science Education, Turkish Language Education and Psychological Counseling and Guidance at Akdeniz University in the academic year of 2016-2017 who were determined based on convenience sampling method. Based on the findings, it can be said that the Cynical Attitudes toward College Scale is a data collection tool suitable for assessing cynical attitudes towards a higher education institution of students. Students who are studying in academic units of other higher education institutions can use this scale, which is adapted based on the view of students of a state university education faculty.
Authors and Affiliations
Dr. Gamze Kasalak, Mehmet ÖZCAN
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- DOI 10.5961/jhes.2018.255
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