İLHAN, Nail Kilis 7 Aralık Üniversitesi - Muallim Rıfat Eğitim Fakültesi - Fen Bilgisi Eğitimi Anabilim Dalı, Turkey , YILDIRIM, Ali Atatürk Üniversitesi - Kazım Karabekir Eğitim Fakültesi - Kimya Eğitimi Anabilim Dalı, Turkey , YILMAZ, Sibel SADİ Atatürk Üniversitesi - Kazım Karabekir Eğitim Fakültesi - Kimya Eğitimi Anabilim Dalı, Turkey

CHEMISTRY MOTIVATION QUESTIONNAIRE: THE STUDY OF VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY

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In the present study, Science Motivation Questionnaire (SMQ) developed by Glynn et al. (2007) and Glynn et al. (2009) was adapted to Turkish as Chemistry Motivation Questionnaire (KMA) and then reliability and validity of KMA was determined. In the adaptation following steps were used; i-Translation of the questionnaire from English to Turkish, ii-Assessment of the Equivalency of the questionnaire from English to Turkish, iii-The language validity of the Turkish questionnaire, iv-Assessment of the language validity of the questionnaire in Turkish and English, v-Reliability and validity analysis of the Turkish questionnaire (Item analysis, factor analysis and reliability coefficient). SMQ that was consist of 6 basic components and 30 items is arranged by taking in consideration the results of the factor analysis, item analysis and Turkish-English consistency. Sampling contained 22 lecturers, 30 post graduate students and 308 graduate students. Reliability coefficient (Cronbach Alpha) of KMA was 0.821. The results of the present study show that KMA may be used to determine students’ motivation to learn chemistry.

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Motivation , Chemistry Motivation Questionnaire , Self , Regulated Learning.

Mustafa Kemal University Journal Of Graduate School Of Social Sciences

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