Abstract:

The aim of the study is to develop a valid and reliable assessment instrument for evaluating the child playgrounds. So, the scale was formed by applying the scale developing phases. Firstly, a detailed literature review was made and an item pool with 65 statements was formed. These items were given to experts for the extent and aspect validity and in accordance with the returns, the scale was rearranged as 21 items as a result of pretesting. Kırıkkale province to make the edited validity and reliability analysis was applied to 500 people who use the playground. For the validity of the scale, it was subjected to scope, aspect and structure validity tests. The scope and aspect validities were done by expert opinions. To determine the structure of the scale, first, exploratory factor analysis was done and after that confirmatory factor analysis was made for the results of exploratory factor analysis. For testing the reliability of the scale, test-retest reliability test, Cronbach Alpha reliability coefficient and item-total test correlation test were applied. As a result of the operations, the scale was formed from 17 items with 4 sub factors. After the exploratory factor analysis, the scale’s KMO value became 0.879, its Barlett test was 0.000, adjustment indexes for confirmatory factor analysis were; x2/df 2,29, RMSEA 0,051, SRMR 0,045, GFI 0,94, AGFI 0,92, CFI 0,96, IFI 0,96. All of these values were observed to be between the proposed values and the validity was made accordingly. The result of test-retest reliability test became 0,980, Cronbach Alpha reliability coefficient was 0,845, and item-total test correlation values were between 0,397-0,493. Finally, these results were observed to be between the values proposed in the literature, and it was concluded that the scale was reliable