Abstract:

This study describes the process of developing an attitude scale to determine middle school students' attitudes towards educational virtual reality applications. The process started with writing the testing items of the scale by conducting a literature review, and then continued with a semi-structured interview with six students. Scale development study consists of two steps. The sample in the first step of the study consisted of 850 middle school students who watched videos about educational virtual reality applications and had previous experience of using virtual reality applications. As a result of the analysis, a single factor structure consisting of 18 items emerged and this structure explains 54.96% of the variance. The Cronbach Alpha coefficient is 0.95 after EFA It was found to be 0.94 after CFA. The sample of the second step of the study consists of 26 6th grade students who have experienced educational virtual reality applications individually. Descriptive statistical methods were used in the analysis of the data obtained from this group and the Cronbach alpha reliability coefficient was calculated to measure the reliability. Scale scores of more than half of these students are above the average. The Cronbach Alpha coefficient is also 0.90. The analysis results show that the compliance statistics of the eighteen-item attitude scale are at a good level it shows that the scale is a reliable and valid measurement tool that can be used to determine students' attitudes towards educational virtual reality applications.

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