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The study was conducted in order to make a contribution to teachers and researchers who assess motivation of 4th and 5th grade students towards learning social studies by means of developing a valid and reliable assessment tool. In developing the scale, literature was reviewed and then opinions of teachers and students on motivation were collected. Data collected from the literature review, teachers and students were gathered and a 104-point data pool was formed. Upon elimination of similar or irrelevant statements out of the data pool, a 73-point 5-level Likert type draft scale according to level of agreement was prepared. Regarding the validity of the draft scale, experts were consulted with. Following modifications according to expert opinion, the draft scale was implemented on a group of (49) forty-nine 4th and 5th grade students, as a result of which a 63-point designate scale was developed which was then implemented on a group of (394) three-hundred and ninety-four 4th and 5th grade students. On the resulting data from the above-mentioned applications, independent t-test was run in order to detect the discrimination index, and factor analysis was made to combine the variables measuring same qualities by testing the structural validity. In order to estimate the reliability of the scale, Cornbach’s alpha correlation coefficient was measured. Consequently, 3 items, which indicated a value higher than p>,05, were omitted from the scale by considering the two-way significance in t-test. Besides, 27 items, whose correlation coefficient was less than ,25, were also excluded in order to maintain additivity of the scale. Factor analysis indicated that the scale consists of five factors and 29 items explaining %44,027 of total variance. Meanwhile, correlation coefficient (Cornbach’s Alpha) of the entire scale was found to be 0,83. Overall results confirm that the scale is adequately valid and reliable.

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