Adaptation of the Digital Teaching Competence Scale (DTCS) to Turkish: Reliability, validity, measurement invariance and latent mean difference tests

Authors : Halit Karalar, Bilge Aslan Altan, Alper Yorulmaz

Pages : 68-85

Doi:10.21764/maeuefd.1715751

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Publication Date : 2025-10-31

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :There has been a growing focus in educational research on teachers’ digital teaching competence. To freshen the relevant literature, this study analyzed the factorial structure of the Turkish version of the digital teaching competence scale (DTCS). We used confirmatory factor analysis to analyze the data collected from 611 primary school teachers in Türkiye who responded to a 32-item DTCS. We also performed tests of measurement invariance and latent mean differences. After deleting three items based on the CFA results, we found an acceptable fit for a 5-factor, 29-item DTCS model, which also demonstrated an acceptable level of internal consistency for each factor and the entire scale. This study supported the measurement invariance of the 29-item DTCS, and the tests of latent mean differences indicated statistical significance in factor score differences across gender, teaching experience, school location, having a multigrade class, and daily use of the Internet. This study contributes to the literature by providing new insights into the digital teaching competence of primary school teachers through the validation of the DTCS in a culturally distinct context from those previously reported.
Keywords : Dijital öğretim yeterliği, doğrulayıcı faktör analizi, ölçme değişmezliği, gizil ortalama farkı, ilkokul öğretmenleri

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