标题：A study of STEM Awareness Scale development for high school teachers Ortaöğretim öğretmenlerine yönelik FeTeMM Farkındalık Ölçeği (FFÖ) geliştirme çalışması
摘要：The aim of this study is to develop a scale in order to identify science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) awareness levels of teachers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields (mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology and information technology) in high schools. The research was conducted with 247 teachers working in high schools. 24 items were selected from the question pool created during the first phase of the study in line with expert opinions. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was conducted within the scope of validity studies. As the result of EFA, it was obtained that the scale consists of 3 sub-dimensions (“Effect to Students”, “Effect to Lessons”, “Effect to Teachers”) a 15-item scale consisting. In the second phase of the study, the 3 sub-dimensions was confirmed as a result of confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) with Lisrel 8.80 program. Cronbach’s Alpha reliability coefficient for the scale was .82; .81, .71 and .70 for each sub-dimension, respectively. In the third phase of the study, the test-retest method was applied, the standard deviation and mean of the scale were calculated as 0.52, 3.95 in the first application and 0.53, 3.91 in the second application. Pearson's correlation coefficient was found to be significant at r = 0.615 and p = .001 level. As a result of the study, a valid and reliable scale, which can be used to determine the STEM awareness levels of the teachers in the field of STEM in high schools, has been developed.
