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Hifz education is an important non-formal education practice in the Islamic World. Hifz education in Turkey is carried out at different education levels and ages. However, it is possible to talk about the existence of some deficiencies in the scientificization process of this education. For example, a scientifically valid and reliable measurement tool that examines the attitudes of students in hifz education towards this education has not yet been developed. Examining the attitudes towards an education process and its components can contribute to the production of healthy information about the development and success of this education. This review may contribute to taking measures against the deficiencies in education. From this point of view, in this study, it is aimed to develop a scientifically reliable and valid measurement tool that measures the attitudes of individuals who receive hifz education towards hifz education. Hifz Education Attitude Scale (HEAS) is a scale developed based on the assumption that attitudes can be measured indirectly. In the study, a data collection tool was developed that can measure the attitudes of individuals who receive hifz education towards this education around three sub-dimensions. The research was carried out with 234 undergraduate students who were selected on a voluntarily, both receiving higher religious education and continuing hifz education at the same time. The data obtained in the research were analyzed using the SPSS program. After examining the reliability analysis of the data set, validity analyzes were performed. In the reliability analysis, Cronbach's Alpha based on a single application and two-half reliability analysis were preferred. It was decided to remove 15 items from the scale because they did not receive sufficient values in the aforementioned reliability analyzes. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was applied to test the construct validity of the scale, and first-level confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was performed using the AMOS program to test the model fit of the reached structure. The structure in which 32 items were gathered under three factors as a result of EFA was subjected to CFA, and as a result of this process, the HEAS scale with 13 items gathered under 3 factors was developed. The factor distributions of the HEAS scale were as follows. The 1st Factor, in which 6 items with loadings ranging from 0.81 to 0.52 were collected, was named the “Cognitive Dimension”. The cognitive dimension, with an eigenvalue of 3.73 and an internal consistency coefficient of 0.77, explains 28.7% of the scale. The 2nd Factor, in which 3 items with loads ranging from 0.85 to 0.69 were collected, was named “Social Dimension”. The eigenvalue of the social dimension, which explains 12.7% of the scale, was found to be 1.65 and the internal consistency coefficient as 0.67. The third factor, in which 4 items with loads varying between 0.78 and 0.50 accumulated, was named the “Affective Dimension”. The eigenvalue of this sub-dimension, which represents 10.2% of the scale, was 1.33 and the internal consistency coefficient (α value) was 0.60. In the CFA analysis, item factor loading values of the HEAS were observed between “.42” and “.74”. This data is statistically expected and desirable. The fit indices of the scale are also statistically significant (x2=94.7, sd=60, p=.03, x2/ sd=1.58). When the fit index values of the HEAS scale were examined, the IFI, GFI, AGFI and X2/df grades of HEAS were at the perfect fit level; NFI, TLI, RFI, CFI, AGFI, RMR values are within acceptable limits. Since the NFI value is generally low in studies with a small sample, as in this study, a NNFI/TLI value above “.90” is defined as sufficient data in terms of data set compatibility in the literature. Reliability coefficients of HEAS and its sub-dimensions ranged from 0.60 to 0.74. This data can be interpreted as the scale and its sub-dimensions are sufficiently reliable. The HEAS consists of 13 items and three sub-factors. The scale was prepared in a 5-point Likert format. The highest score an item can get is 5, and the lowest score is 1. In this context, the highest score that can be obtained from the 13-item scale (13*5) is 65, and the lowest (13*1) is 13. The addressee of HEAS is basically university students who take hifz education. As it is known, hifz education is also carried out at different education levels or age levels. If the scale is applied to education levels or age groups other than the specified group, it may be necessary to perform reliability and validity analyzes again. The diversification of this scale, which was developed for the attitudes of individuals who receive hafiz training, for other hafiz practices will allow more effective and comprehensive measurements to be made.

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