Reliability, Validity and Turkish Adaptation of Self-Directed Learning Scale (SDLS)

Authors : Zeynep İşıl DEMİRCİOĞLU, Burak ÖGE, Emine Ezgi FUÇULAR, Tuğçe ÇEVİK, Merve DENİZCİ NAZLIGÜL, Erol ÖZÇELİK

Pages : 235-247

Doi:10.21449/ijate.401069

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Publication Date : 2018-05-19

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Self-Directed Learning Scale insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(SDLS); developed by Lounsbury, Levy, Park, Gibson, and Smith insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(2009); was used for determining individuals’ self-directed learning. The purpose of this study was to translate the SDLS into Turkish and to investigate its reliability and validity with a sample of 272 university students. The SDLS, the Modified Schutte Emotional Intelligence Scale insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(MSEIS);, Self-Directed Learning Inventory insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(SDLI);, and the Causal Uncertainty Scale insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(CUS); for determining convergent validity was applied to the participants. Factor analyses results verified the uni-dimensionality of the scale. The test–retest correlation of SDLS was 0.82, whereas Cronbach alpha coefficient of the scale was founded as 0.85 in the reliability analyses. Correlation coefficients representing for convergent validities varied from -0.30 to 0.72 insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p < .01); and criterion validity of the scale was determined as 0.236 when cumulative GPA was used as criterion in the assessment of concurrent validity. The findings suggest that the Turkish adaptation of SDLS is a valid and reliable tool to measure self-directed learning in Turkish samples.
Keywords : self directed learning, validity, reliability, scale