期刊名称：International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education
印刷版ISSN：1307-9298
出版年度：2020
卷号：13
期号：1
页码：57-75
DOI：10.26822/iejee.2020.173
出版社：International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education
摘要：The purpose of this study was to examine the significance
level of problems experienced in the transition from
elementary to secondary education by using the rank-order
scaling method. The study was conducted using a mixedmethods
design. Forty-two eighth-and ninth-grade students
from different types of public schools and 15 teachers
were selected as the sample for the qualitative phase. The
sample for the quantitative phase constituted consisted of
336 eighth- and 397 ninth-grade students, with 130 eighthand
139 ninth-grade teachers. An essay instruction and
semi-structured interviews were used to collect qualitative
data. Then, scaling forms for students and teachers were
developed in accordance with the qualitative data. The
qualitative data were analyzed with the content analysis
technique. "Thurstone's law of comparative judgments"
and "the composite standard" solutions were utilized to
analyze the ranked data. The stimulus of "constant and
rapid changes in the transition system to secondary
education" was scaled as the most significant problem
by eighth-grade students and teachers. "Not allocating
time for leisure time activities" stimulus was evaluated as
the most crucial problem by ninth-grade students. In terms
of the independent variables, rankings of the stimuli were
more consistent in eighth graders’ judgments. However,
ninth-grade students’ judgments revealed that there was
less similarity in rankings for both gender and school type
variables. Besides, according to the judgments of teachers,
rankings descriptively differed in terms of the branch and
seniority level variables.
其他摘要：The purpose of this study is to scale the level of significance regarded to problems that experienced in the transition from elementary to secondary education by using the rank-order method. Thus, the study was conducted as mixed-methods research. For the sample of the qualitative phase, 42 8th and 9th grade students who studied at different types of public schools, also 15 teachers who worked at the same schools were selected. The sample in the quantitative phase constituted of 336 8th and 397 9th grade students, plus 130 8th and 139 9th grade teachers. To gather qualitative data, a composition instruction and semi-structured interviews were used. Then, scaling forms for students and teachers were developed in accordance with the qualitative data. The qualitative data was analyzed with the content analysis technique. In the analysis of the ranked data, "Thurstone's law of comparative judgments" and "the composite standard" solutions were used. The stimulus of "constantly and rapidly changes in the transition to secondary education" was scaled as the most significant problem by 8thgrade students and teachers. "Not allocating time for leisure time activities" stimulus was evaluated as the most crucial problem by 9th grade students. Rankings of the stimuli were more consistent in terms of the independent variables, in 8th graders’ judgments. However, according to 9th grade students’ judgments, there was less similarity in rankings for both gender and school type variables. Besides, according to the judgments of teachers, rankings descriptively differed in terms of the branch and seniority level variables.
关键词：Rank-Order Method; Scaling; The Composite Standard
Method; Thurstone's Law of Comparative Judgments;
The Transition From Elementary to Secondary Education
