A validity and reliability study of the Turkish computational thinking scale

Authors : Ahmet GÖK, Aysen KARAMETE

Pages : 421-437

Doi:10.31681/jetol.1217363

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Publication Date : 2023-05-31

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The purpose of this study was to adapt the computational thinking scale developed by Tsai, Liang and Hsu insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(2021); into Turkish in order to determine the computational thinking skill levels of secondary school students according to such basic elements defined by Selby and Woollard insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(2013); as abstraction, decomposition, algorithmic thinking, evaluation and generalization and to do the related validity and reliability study. A total of 454 high school students insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(9th – 12th grade); determined with the convenient sampling method constituted the sample of the study. The original scale was made up of 19 5-point Likert-type items. Confirmatory Factor Analysis insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(CFA); was performed to examine the conformity of the data collected via the adapted scale to the five-factor structure of the original scale. As a result of CFA, it was seen that the factor structure of the original scale was preserved. The reliability of the scale was checked with the internal consistency coefficient for the whole scale and its factors. The Cronbach Alpha coefficients obtained were .84 and McDonald\`s omega coefficients obtained were .86. The scale\`s Turkish adaptation was found to be a valid and trustworthy measurement tool for establishing the computational thinking proficiency levels of students in high school.
Keywords : Computational thinking, scale adaptation, validity, reliability