The Turkish adaptation study results of constructivist learning environments scale: Confirmatory factor analysis results

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 1482-1487

  Anagün, Şengül S ^a   Anilan, Hüseyin ^a  

^a ESKISEHIR OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

confirmatory factor analysis; Constructivism; learning environment; scale adaptation; validity and reliabilty

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957697202     PISSN: 18770428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2010.03.222     Document Type: Conference Paper

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