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2017, Cilt 7, Sayı 3, Sayfa(lar) 534-545 |
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DOI: 10.5961/jhes.2017.230 |
Evaluation Scale of English Language Course Curriculum Conducted by Distance Education: A Validity and Reliability Study |
Ali ORHAN12 |
1Bülent Ecevit University, School of Foreign Languages, Department of Basic English, Zonguldak, Turkey 2Düzce University, Faculty of Education, Department of Educational Sciences, Duzce, Turkey |
Keywords: Distance education, English curriculum, Scale development, CIPP, Curriculum evaluation |
The aim of this study is to determine the validity and reliability of the evaluation scale developed by the researchers based on the principles
of Stufflebeam’s CIPP Evaluation Model to investigate the students’ satisfaction levels of foreign language distance education curriculum.
To explore the content and face validity of the scale, opinions of the experts were asked. The scale, whose content, face and language validity
checks were performed, was applied to 250 students, whose were studying in Bülent Ecevit University Faculty of Theology and Faculty
of Arts and Sciences Department of Turkish Language and Literature taking English Language I course during 2015-2016 fall term. As a
result of the explanatory factor analysis, which was conducted to explore construct validity of the scale, it was found out that scale had four
factors consisting of context, input, process and product components and had 36 items. The total variance explained by these four factors
was %62.69. Examining whether each factor was measuring a single idea and whether the items that made up the factors were internally
consistent, internal reliability data was obtained through Cronbach’s alpha coefficient among the four factors. The reliability coefficients of four components ranged from 0.87 to 0.94 and the reliability coefficient of the whole scale was found as 0.96. Besides, item-total
correlation of scale items ranged from 0.50 to 0.76. It was seen from the results that the scale is a valid and reliable curriculum evaluation
instrument and can be used in the field of education to investigate the students’ satisfaction levels on distance education curriculums of
foreign language.
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