Development of Competency of Instruction Quality Scale and Evaluation of Practicum Scale

Abstract

The aim of this study is to develop data collection tools for evaluation of school practice courses and for perceptions of teacher candidates regarding teacher competencies for effective teaching. Three hundred and eighty-eight last year undergraduate students from seven programs of faculties of education at two state universities participated in the study. Items of the 5-point Likert scale were written according to the dimensions of the constructs with respect to the related literature. The items were reviewed by three experts, one of whom is in the educational measurement and two of whom are in the science and biology education departments. Dimensionalities of the two-dimensional Evaluation of Practicum Scale (EPS) and one-dimensional Competency of Instruction Quality Scale (CIQS) were analyzed using factor analysis. Unweighted least squares estimation method and Promax rotation were used in the factor analysis procedures. Cronbach's α coefficients were 0.89 and 0.83 for the two dimensions of EPS and 0.82 for CIQS.