Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.15516/cje.v21i4.3278
Development of the Perception Scale for the Concept of Integral
Özkan Ergene
orcid.org/0000-0001-5119-2813
; Faculty of Education, Sakarya University, Department of Mathematics Education54300 Hendek, Sakarya, Turkey
Ahmet Şükrü Özdemir
; Atatürk Faculty of Education, Marmara University34722 Kadıköy, Istanbul, Turkey
Abstract
Applications for concept teaching in mathematics education essentially affect students’
perceptions as regards the concept that is taught, as well as changing their mathematics
anxiety and attitude toward mathematics. Therefore, we wished to draw attention
to the fact that not enough concept-specific scales related to mathematics education
measure variables, such as attitude-anxiety, can be found in professional literature.
This research aims to develop a valid and reliable measurement tool in order to
measure anxiety-attitude and usefulness perceptions of students for the concept of
the integral. The data of this research, in which scale development stages are carried
out meticulously, were collected from 565 students who study at mathematics
education programs for primary and secondary education at three different public
universities in Marmara region of Turkey and have learned about the integral concept
in calculus lessons. Experts’ opinions for content validity, exploratory factor analysis
(EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) for factorial validity, discriminant
and convergent validity analyses for construct validity, criterion validity, internal
consistency and composite reliability procedures were performed on the applied scale
respectively. As a result of the research, the Perception Scale for the Concept of Integral
(PCI Scale) consisting of 20 items and three factors (anxiety, attitude, usefulness)
with a 5-point Likert type was developed. It is considered that this research will
contribute to professional literature with the thought that there is no scale aiming to
measure the perceptions of students towards the concept of the integral in the relevant
literature. Considering the lack of concept-based scales in the literature of mathematics
education, with this research, the idea of the necessity of development of concept-based
scales has also been put forwar
Keywords
anxiety; attitude; integral; scale development; usefulness
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235903
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Publication date:
19.12.2019.
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