Validity and Reliability of Two Brief Scales of Educational Attitudes

1 June 1976

journal article
research article
Published by SAGE Publications in Perceptual and Motor Skills

Vol. 42 (3_suppl) , 1331-1334
https://doi.org/10.2466/pms.1976.42.3c.1331

Abstract

Two brief scales of 10 items each were taken from Kerlinger's Education Scale VII, a 30-item scale with considerable empirical evidence of validity. Each brief scale has five items measuring each of two factors: A (Progressive) and B (Traditional) attitudes toward education. Factorial validity and moderate internal consistency reliability were shown for both scales. Form I was shown to have high test-retest reliability and concurrent validity with measures of attitudes toward innovative school practices. Potential uses of the scales were discussed.

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The First- and Second-Order Factor Structures of Attitudes Toward Education
American Educational Research Journal, 1967