Affiliation:
1. University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Philosophy, Novi Sad, Serbia
Abstract
The aim of the conducted research was the construct validation of the Serbian
translation of the Approaches to Teaching Inventory - Revised (ATI-R), in
the domain of exploring the factor structure, which was shown to be
remarkably unstable in earlier research of this kind. In addition, since the
previous examinations of the ATI-R psychometric properties were mainly
reduced to reliability, the second goal of the research includes
psychometric validation of the instrument in the domain of reliability,
validity, representativeness and homogeneity. The research was conducted on
a random sample of 317 teachers and associates from 13 faculties of the
University of Novi Sad, where 60.3% of respondents were female. The revised
version of the inventory contains 22 items with a five-point Likert response
scale. The results regarding the first objective point to a meaningful
three-factor structure, which differs from the original two-factor structure
in a way that the factor Transmission of knowledge/Focus on the teacher is
decomposed into the factor Transmission of basic knowledge/Focus on the
teacher, as well as the factor Transmission of knowledge for the purpose of
conceptual development and change/Focus on both actors of the teaching
process. Examination of psychometric characteristics suggests that ATI-R is
the instrument with good, that is, acceptable parameters of the tested
properties, which can be used both in academic and practical frameworks.
Publisher
National Library of Serbia
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