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In related literature, there is a need for a measurement tool to examine students’ tendencies towards technology. For this reason, the present study aimed at developing a scale for the tendency towards technology use in class. As there is limited research in literature, the item pool was developed mostly based on the data collected via the interviews and the written compositions. The participants of the study were 796 student teachers attending the Education Faculty at Anadolu University in Turkey in the Spring Term of the academic year of 2013-2014. EFA and CFA were conducted with different samples, and a five-point Likert-type scale made up of 16 items and two factors (emotional and behavioral tendencies) was developed. The total explained variance for the two factors of TSTUC was calculated as around 60%. The Cronbach’s Alpha (α) internal consistency reliability coefficient of the total scale was calculated as .93 as a result of EFA and .953 as a result of CFA. Higher scores to be produced by TSTUC refer to the fact that there is a higher tendency towards technology use in classes or that technology use is favored more by students in classes. 

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