Developing and validating a media literacy self-evaluation scale (MLSS) for elementary school students

Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 63-71

  Chang, Chiung Sui ^a   Liu, Eric Zhi Feng ^b   Lee, Chun Yi ^c   Chen, Nian Shing ^d   Hu, Da Chian ^a   Lin, Chun Hung ^b  

^a TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Confirmatory Factor Analysis; Media Literacy Self assessment Scale (MLSS); Scale Validation; Taiwanese Elementary School Students

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955148581     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13036521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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