Edu-Sains: Jurnal Pendidikan Matematika dan Ilmu Pengetahuan Alam
Vol. 3 No. 2 (2014): Juli 2014

Konstruksi Skala Sikap terhadap Pelajaran Matematika dan Sains

Jelpa Periantalo (Program Studi Psikologi Fakultas Kedokteran dan Ilmu Kesehatan Universitas Jambi)
Fadzlul Fadzlul (Program Studi Psikologi Fakultas Kedokteran dan Ilmu Kesehatan Universitas Jambi)
Eka Saputra (Program Studi Psikologi Fakultas Kedokteran dan Ilmu Kesehatan Universitas Jambi)



Article Info

Publish Date
26 Nov 2014

Abstract

Student attitude toward subject is strong predictor for academic successful. Student with positive attitude shows good academic achievement and attitude poor achievement. Earlier information about student attitude can optimilize academic successful.  Education stake holders can change attitude. Therefore, it needs a measurement to know student attitude toward subject. The purpose of research is to construct scale attitude toward Mathematics and Natural Sciences subject. Instrument should be valid, reliable, and discriminative and practice. Research used psychological measurement method. It used 185 high school students for subject. It used semantif differential method in scale (1-7). There were 68 items in scale. Factorial validity confirmed three factor construct a scale. Convergent validity showed there was positive correlation among scale component. Scale had internal consistency reliability 0,84 and test parallel reliability 0,92. All items had discrimination power D  > 4,00. Final scale uses 12 items. Instruction and scoring can be done easily. Scale has good psychometric properties.  It has good validity, satisfied reliability, high discrimination power for items, and practice in used.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

edusains

Publisher

Subject

Education

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Edu-Sains: Jurnal Pendidikan Matematika dan Ilmu Pengetahuan Alam is published twice a year e-ISSN 2503-2275 online writing conceptual notions, studies and application of theories, practitioners' writing and research results and teaching in the field of ...