Constructing an Attitudinal Scale Toward Chemistry for Eleventh and Twelfth Grades Students

Abstract

This study aimed at identifying the factor structure of attitudes toward chemistry, and developing an attitudinal scale toward chemistry. Eight factors were identified, and a preliminary scale of 97 items was constructed. Items of the scale were applied on 673 eleventh and twelfth grades science students in Irbid First Directorate of Education. Data analysis for testing items that measures the emotional intensity gave 42 items. The scale in its final form has a high internal consistency, where Cronbach Alpha was 0.94. Using principal component analysis, four factors were obtained, and accounted 46.58% of variance. Cronbach Alpha for these factors was between 0.91-0.77