مرکز منطقه ای اطلاع رساني علوم و فناوري - Development of the Marmara creative thinking dispositions scale: Validity and reliability analysis

Abstract :

The purpose of this study is to develop a valid and reliable scale for identifying creative thinking dispositions. The study group of the research has formed 410 teachers working in the Istanbul/ Pendik District. The Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin score for the 40-item draft scale was 0.897 and the Barlett test was 5499.64. The 25 item and 6 factor structure obtained as a result of exploratory factor analysis was confirmed by confirmatory factor analysis. Factors are called innovation search, courage, self-discipline, inquisitive, doubt and flexibility. The scale explains 55.904% of the total variance. The Cronbach alpha internal consistency coefficient for all the scales was 0.87. The item-total and item-residual correlation coefficients are significant; the upper and the lower 27% group analyzes were found to be distinguishing the items and the factors. The correlation coefficients among the factors were found to be significant. As a result of the test-retest, the correlation coefficient was found to be significant for all the scales (r =.88; p .001). The scale called the Marmara Creative Thinking Dispositions Scale (MCTDS) was found to be a valid and reliable scale that measures general creative thinking dispositions.