Translation and Validation of the Epistemic Belief Inventory with Turkish Pre-Service Teachers

Autor/inn/en	Cam, Aylin; Topcu, Mustafa Sami; Sulun, Yusuf; Guven, Gokhan; Arabacioglu, Sertac
Titel	Translation and Validation of the Epistemic Belief Inventory with Turkish Pre-Service Teachers
Quelle	In: Educational Research and Evaluation, 18 (2012) 5, S.441-458 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1380-3611
DOI	10.1080/13803611.2012.689726
Schlagwörter	Expertise; Beliefs; Measures (Individuals); Epistemology; Student Attitudes; Translation; Validity; Foreign Countries; Questionnaires; Turkish; English; Preservice Teachers; Construct Validity; Factor Analysis; Preservice Teacher Education; Turkey + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Expert appraisal; Belief; Glaube; Messdaten; Erkenntnistheorie; Schülerverhalten; Gültigkeit; Ausland; Fragebogen; Türkisch; English language; Englisch; Faktorenanalyse; Lehramtsstudiengang; Lehrerausbildung; Türkei
Abstract	The purpose of this study was to translate the original version of the Epistemic Belief Inventory developed by Schraw, Bendixen, and Dunkle (2002) for pre-service teachers in a Turkish context and validate its construct. Studies on the epistemological beliefs of Turkish students have been heretofore limited in number and have been largely conducted using adapted versions of the Schommer (1990) instrument. First, the original questionnaire was translated from English to Turkish and then was scrutinized by experts in language, content, measurement, and evaluation. Then, the revised questionnaire was administered to 166 Turkish pre-service teachers. The results of exploratory factor analyses suggested 3 epistemological belief dimensions--quick learning, innate ability, and certain knowledge. The results of the study further revealed support for multidimensional theories of epistemological beliefs among pre-service teachers. In order to verify the results of the present study, further examination of pre-service teachers' epistemological belief systems is necessary. (Contains 2 tables and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10