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Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
FB156 Scale Development and Application in EducationElective126
Level of Course Unit
Second Cycle
Objectives of the Course
To ensure that students understand the scales to be used in educational research, examples of scale types, and what needs to be done from the preparation of the scales to their use.
Name of Lecturer(s)
Doç. Dr. Ekrem CENGİZ
Learning Outcomes
1Knows the purpose of scale development.
2Have knowledge about scale types.
3Understands how to create the item pool required for the scale.
4Have information about how to conduct the pilot application of the prepared scale form.
5Makes the necessary analyzes of the scale it has prepared.
Mode of Delivery
Normal Education
Prerequisites and co-requisities
Recommended Optional Programme Components
Course Contents
Within the scope of the scale development and application course, the following contents will be discussed. 1- What is scale? What are the differences between a scale and a survey? 2- What are the purposes of scale development? 3- What are scale development techniques? 4- What needs to be done in the process of preparing the item pool for the scale? 5- Reviewing the developed form 6-Conducting trial application 7- Conducting the necessary analyzes for the scale.
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1Introduction of the course, specifying the resources to be used.
2What is scale? What are the differences between a scale and a survey?
3What are scale development techniques?
4What needs to be done in the process of preparing the item pool for the scale?
5What is the Article Writing Process?
6How to write negative clauses and control clauses?
7Reviewing the developed form
8Students submit their homework that includes the values for the scale they developed.
9Conducting a trial application for the prepared scale
10Conducting a trial application for the prepared scale
11Conducting the necessary analyzes for the scale.
12Conducting the necessary analyzes for the scale.
13Interpreting the analyzes made for the scale and giving the scale its final form.
14Interpreting the analyzes made for the scale and giving the scale its final form.
15Interpreting the analyzes made for the scale and giving the scale its final form.
16Presenting the prepared scales as homework.
Recommended or Required Reading
1- Scale Development -Theory and Applications. Robert F. DeVellis . Nobel Academic Publishing. 2- Deniz, Z. (2007). Psikolojik ölçme aracı uyarlama. Ankara Üniversitesi Eğitim Bilimleri Fakültesi Dergisi, 40 (1), 1-16. 3- Gül Ş. ve Sözbilir, M. (2015). Fen ve matematik eğitimi alanında gerçekleştirilen ölçek geliştirme araştırmalarına yönelik tematik içerik analizi. Eğitim ve Bilim, 40(178), 85-102. doi: 10.15390/EB.2015.4070 4- Mor Dirlik, E. (2014). Ölçek geliştirme konulu doktora tezlerinin test ve ölçek geliştirme standartlarına uygunluğunun incelenmesi. Eğitimde ve Psikolojide Ölçme ve Değerlendirme Dergisi, 5 (2), 62-78.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Report Presentation1100
SUM100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Report Presentation1100
SUM100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities40
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities60
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Attending Lectures2510
Question-Answer5525
Report Preparation5525
Report Presentation5525
Individual Study for Homework Problems5525
Individual Study for Final Examination5525
Report5210
Homework5525
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)170
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