Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Milli Egitim, cilt.1, sa.203, ss.55-73, 2014 (Scopus, TRDizin)
In this research, an evolution method was developed on a scale in order to define the attitude of high school students towards reading. This scaling system was developed since a very limited number of evaluation method on high school students' reading attitude could be found in the existing literature. An initial form of the evaluation test consisting of 52 items was taken by 153 female and 147 male 300 high school students in total. In this study SPSS 15.0 program is used for data analysis. The factor analysis is used with the obtained data. Through a series of factor analyses, four factors consisting of 30 items and accounting for the 58.3 % of the total variance is obtained. It is determined that the scaling method have an internal consistency in terms of sub factors and total points. Reliability analysis is carried out through item total correlation, the testing of the distinction between upper and lower 27 % groups with independent t-test, calculation of Cronbach Alpha internal consistency coefficient, Spearman- Brown split half correlation. For the scaling system in general, Cronbach Alpha and split half correlation are found to be .95 and .93, respectively. It was evident from the results that the scale called Attitude towards Reading Scale (ATRS) is a valid and reliable instrument which can be used to determine the attitude of high school students towards reading.