Author/Authors :
AKÇAKIN, Veysel Uşak Üniversitesi - Eğitim Fakültesi - İlköğretim Bölümü, Turkey , CEBESOY, Ümran Betül Uşak Üniversitesi - Eğitim Fakültesi - İlköğretim Bölümü, Turkey , İNEL, Yusuf Uşak Üniversitesi - Eğitim Fakültesi - İlköğretim Bölümü, Turkey
Title Of Article :
Validity and Reliability Study of Turkish Version of Bidimensional Mathematics Anxiety Scale
Abstract :
The aim of this study was to adapt the Mathematics-Anxiety Scale- Revised (MAS-R) which was developed by Bai et al. (2009) into Turkish language and conduct reliability and validity analyses. The study was conducted with 441 pre-service science teachers from a public university. After cultural adaptation of MARS-R into Turkish, reliability and validity analysis was performed. Explanatory and confirmatory factor analyses yielded consistent results with the original version. The internal consistency reliability was found as .91 for the two-factor scale, while positive and negative factors were found as .84 and .90 respectively. The item total correlation ranged from .46 to .77. Therefore, MARS-R was found to be a valid and reliable instrument for assessing bidimensional mathematical anxiety of university students. Implications about the bidimensional structure of the scale were discussed.
NaturalLanguageKeyword :
Mathematics Anxiety , Psychometric Property , Factor Analysis
JournalTitle :
Gazi University Journal Of Gazi Educational Faculty
