Author/Authors :
çardak, çiğdem suzan anadolu university - faculty of education, Turkey , selvi, kıymet anadolu university - faculty of education, Turkey
Title Of Article :
The Construct Validity of Felder-Soloman Index of Learning Styles (ILS) for the Prospective Teachers
Abstract :
Learning style as one of the most important individual differences explains the features of individuals’ learning process and defines the ways of their own learning. Among the various learning style indexes, the ILS of Felder-Soloman is one of the most preferred ones. Because the ILS was developed for engineering students, it is important to examine whether this instrument could be used for the students of faculty of education or not. In this study, it was aimed to test the construct validity of the ILS for the students of a faculty of education at Anadolu University in Turkey. According to the results of the Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA), the 44-item original structure of the ILS did not present a model fit with the data at hand. Indeed, the low reliability of one dimension of the scale showed that ILS could not be used as a valid and reliable scale for the participated prospective teachers.
NaturalLanguageKeyword :
Learning Style , Index of Learning Styles (ILS) , Confirmatory Factor Analysis
JournalTitle :
Gaziantep University Journal Of Social Sciences
