Okul Olgunluğu Değerlendirme Aracı’nın Geliştirilmesi ve Psikometrik Özellikleri

Mihriban Özcan; Adalet Kandır

doi:10.30703/cije.1666485

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Development and Psychometric Proporties of a School Readiness Assesment Tool

Abstract

The aim of this study is to develop the School Readiness Assessment Tool for preschool children and to examine its psychometric properties. The study was conducted using a descriptive research design. Within this scope, a Child Form consisting of picture-based items administered directly to children and a Parent Form based on parental observations of school readiness indicators were developed. The study group consisted of 803 children and 597 parents. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses and reliability analyses were conducted to examine the psychometric properties of the tool; analyses for the Child Form were carried out using the R software, while analyses for the Parent Form were conducted using the SPSS statistical package. According to the results of the exploratory factor analysis, the Child Form consisted of 37 items within a single-factor structure, explained 33% of the total variance, and demonstrated high reliability coefficients (Cronbach’s alpha = 0.91; test–retest r = 0.92). Confirmatory factor analysis results indicated that the model showed good fit indices. The Parent Form was found to consist of 34 items within a single-factor structure, explain 39% of the total variance, and exhibit high reliability values (Cronbach’s alpha = 0.92; test–retest r = 0.92). In conclusion, it was determined that the developed School Readiness Assessment Tool is a valid and reliable measurement tool for assessing the school readiness of preschool children.

Keywords

Okul Olgunluğu Değerlendirme Aracı’nın Geliştirilmesi ve Psikometrik Özellikleri

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Araştırmanın amacı, okul öncesi çocuklara yönelik Okul Olgunluğu Değerlendirme Aracı’nı geliştirmek ve psikometrik özelliklerini incelemektir. Araştırma betimsel araştırma modelinde yürütülmüştür. Bu kapsamda, doğrudan çocuğa uygulanan resim temelli maddelerden oluşan Çocuk Formu ile okul olgunluğu göstergelerinin ebeveyn gözlemlerine dayalı olarak değerlendirildiği Ebeveyn Formu geliştirilmiştir. Çalışma grubunu 803 çocuk ve 597 ebeveyn oluşturmuştur. Aracın psikometrik özelliklerini incelemek için açımlayıcı ve doğrulayıcı faktör analizleri ile güvenirlik analizleri kullanılmış; Çocuk Formu analizleri R programı, Ebeveyn Formu analizleri ise SPSS paket programı aracılığıyla gerçekleştirilmiştir. Açımlayıcı faktör analizi sonuçlarına göre Çocuk Formu tek boyutlu bir yapıda 37 maddeden oluşmuş, toplam varyansın %33’ünü açıklamış ve yüksek güvenirlik katsayıları göstermiştir (Cronbach alfa=0,91; test-tekrar test r=0,92). Doğrulayıcı faktör analizi sonuçları modelin iyi uyum gösterdiğini ortaya koymuştur. Ebeveyn Formu’nun ise tek boyutlu bir yapıda 34 maddeden oluştuğu, toplam varyansın %39’unu açıkladığı ve yüksek güvenirlik değerlerine sahip olduğu belirlenmiştir (Cronbach alfa=0,92; test-tekrar test r=0,92). Sonuç olarak, geliştirilen Okul Olgunluğu Değerlendirme Aracı’nın okul öncesi çocukların okul olgunluğunu değerlendirmede geçerli ve güvenilir bir ölçme aracı olduğu sonucuna ulaşılmıştır.

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Ethical Statement

The responsible author has undertaken that the scientific, ethical and citation rules have been followed in this study; that no falsification has been made on the collected data, that the "Cumhuriyet International Education Journal and its Editor" have no responsibility in case of any ethical violations that may be encountered, that all responsibility belongs to the Responsible Author and that this study has not been sent for evaluation to any other academic publication environment.

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Adalet Kandır
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Özcan, M., & Kandır, A. (2026). Okul Olgunluğu Değerlendirme Aracı’nın Geliştirilmesi ve Psikometrik Özellikleri. Cumhuriyet Uluslararası Eğitim Dergisi, 15(1), 106-130. https://doi.org/10.30703/cije.1666485

Development and Psychometric Proporties of a School Readiness Assesment Tool

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