@article{2019,title={THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN ATTITUDE SCALE FOR EDUCATIONAL GAMES: THE STUDY OF VALIDITY AND RELIABILITY},abstractNode={This study aims to develop an attitude scale for the measurement of classroom and pre-school teachers’ attitudes towards educational games. Using a five-point Likert scale, a final form consisting of 48 items were applied to 405 different pre-School and classroom Teachers working in different cities of Turkey. Exploratory and Confirmatory Factor Analysis were conducted on the data in order to prove construct validity of the scale. Exploratory Factor Analysis demonstrated that the scale had a construct with two sub-factors. The first sub-factor consisting of 14 items explains 46.09% of the variance for the related attitude variable, while the second sub-factor consisting of 6 items explains 13.42% of the variance for the related attitude variable. Both sub-factors explain 59.51% of the variance for the related attitude variable. These factors were named as “positive attitude” and “negative attitude” by the authors. In addition, item test correlation was performed in order to prove item validity, and it was observed that item test correlations varied between 0.55 and 0.81. Confirmatory factor analysis was also performed to verify the construct obtained from exploratory factor analysis, and it was calculated as [χ2/df=3.54 (p=.000); RMSEA=0.079; NFI=0.96; CFI=0.98; AGFI=0.84; GFI=0.87; SRMR=0.035; NNFI= 0.97]. Furthermore, Cronbach Alpha reliability coefficient was also tested in order to prove scale reliability, and Crα reliability coefficient was calculated as .92, .95 and .82 for the whole scale, first sub-factor and second sub-factor, respectively. These findings suggest that the scale is valid and reliable for the measurement of attitude towards educational games.},author={Gül Şebnem ALTUNER ÇOBAN-Emine BOZKURT - Adnan KAN},year={2019},journal={Turkish Studies-Educational Sciences}}