Development of knowledge-based approach scale (KBAS) to some science events in daily life

Abstract

Science events are encountered in every phase of daily life. These science events can be encountered at home, in business life, or while studying at school. Human beings can learn about these scientific events both informally and formally. Science-related events can often be confusing, even when formally learned. This study, it was aimed to develop a CRPS to investigate whether they learned some science events correctly in daily life. The study was carried out on 313 people from different age and occupational groups living in Edirne, Turkey. To develop a scale, statistical data such as item-total correlation (rit) and item-remainder correlation (rir) coefficients analysis, discrimination analysis, frequency and % values for the answers given by the participants to the items, t-test, Rulon and Cronbach Alpha coefficient transactions have been made. The scale, which started with 35 items, was reduced to 30 items due to the analysis. Cronbach Alpha and Rulon reliability coefficients were found to be 0.85 and 0.87, respectively. It was understood that the scale showed a symmetric-homogeneous distribution. According to these data, it has been determined that some scientific events in daily life can be measured with the knowledge-based approach.