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Burak
Kagan Temiz
Gazi Universitesi, Gazi Egitim Fakultesi, Turkey
burak@gazi.edu.tr
Mehmet Fatih Tasar
Gazi Universitesi, Gazi Egitim Fakultesi, Turkey
mftasar@gazi.edu.tr
Mustafa
Tan
Gazi Universitesi, Gazi Egitim Fakultesi, Turkey
mtan@gazi.edu.tr
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Abstract
The purpose of this study was to develop a multiple format
instrument, in order to measure the development of 12 science
process skills. For this purpose a questionnaire with 15 constructed
response (CR) type items and one hands-on task was developed. In its
final form it was administered to a total of 80 Grade 9 students in
four different high schools in metropolitan Ankara, Turkey. The test
administration time was set at 90 minutes. The reliability of the
instrument was also established and found to be high (Cronbach alpha
= 0.88). Initial results suggested that the procedures followed in
this study could provide guidance for researchers working on the
development of performance tests and activities. Secondly, since the
instrument developed in this research study was
curriculum-independent it would be useful for curriculum developers
who were seeking to know if a science curriculum under development
would be able to foster students' attainment of science process
skills. Thirdly, the results appeared to imply that a multiple
format instrument that included both a hands-on task and paper and
pencil items could be successfully developed and used.
Science education, science process skills test (SPS),
measurement and assessment, test development, multiple format tests |
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