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In this study, adaptation of the Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ) to Turkish language, to the fourth-grade primary school and to the social studies lesson is aimed. Following the translation of the items of the original scale, the translation was checked by two language experts. In order to determine whether or not the items of the scale are appropriate for the fourth-grade level, the items were reviewed by three academicians who were expert in Class Education and Motivation fields. The study group consists of 258 fourth-grade primary school students in İzmir and Karaman provinces. For the reliability analysis of the data, Cronbach's Alpha reliability coefficient, item-total correlation values and item discrimination values were calculated and evaluated. Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) was performed to determine the structural validity of the scale. Fit indexes and path analysis were used as the data analysis methods in CFA. According to the performed analyses, the 25-item scale consisted of five sub-dimensions, was adapted to Turkish and to the fourth-grade primary school, and the structure of the scale was confirmed.

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