The Development and Validation of a Turkish Version of the Teachers’ Sense of Efficacy Scal

Abstract

The purposes of this study can be listed as (a) describing the development of a parallel Turkish version of the Teachers’ Sense of Efficacy Scale (TSES), (b) obtaining evidence of the internal consistency reliabilities of scores on each of the three subscales and whole scale, and (c) providing evidence for the construct validity of the three-factor subscale scores through the use of confirmatory factor analysis and Rasch measurement. The participants in this study were 628 pre-service teachers from six different universities located in four major cities in Turkey. The findings of the study provided evidence for the reliability and validity of the Turkish version of the TSES with the sample of Turkish pre-service teachers. These findings suggested that the Turkish version of the TSES can be used with Turkish pre-service teachers.