Abstract
The aim of this study is to develop a valid and a reliable scale to determine the expectations of high school students from higher education. The population of the study consisted of 315 high school students in the 2018–2019 academic years. To test the construct validity of the scale, exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis were used. The original five-point Likert scale composed of 22 items with five subdimensions. The results showed that the internal consistency coefficient of the scale was calculated as 0.84. The scale factor load values ranged between 0.58 and 0.81, and the rotated factor load values ranged between 0.46 and 0.81 and explained 59.1% of the total variance of the scale. The higher education expectation scale can be used not only to evaluate the students’ future and professional expectations in terms of subjective norms but also goal setting and need for the analysis of the program development studies. Keywords: High school students, expectation, scale development
Highlights
After the Second World War, the changing social and political framework, developing industry, the increase in scientific and technological activities brought out the demand for new employment profiles, and as a result, humane qualifications began to vary
According to the data of 2019 Higher Education Institution Examination (YKS), the number of candidates applied to basic proficiency test (TYT) is 2,515,012, the number of candidates applied to the field proficiency test (AYT) is 2,024,549 and the number of candidates applied to the foreign language test (YDT) is 13,775 (YKS Numeric Data, 2019)
Within the scope of validity studies, the exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was performed for construct validity, confirmatory factor analyses (CFA) was performed for the confirmation of the obtained factor structure and reliability analysis was performed
Summary
After the Second World War, the changing social and political framework, developing industry, the increase in scientific and technological activities brought out the demand for new employment profiles, and as a result, humane qualifications began to vary. The attention for higher education around the world has correspondingly increased, and since the 2000s, a period of growth and development in higher education has been observed in Turkey. As of November 2019, including 129 state institutions and 78 foundation institutions, there are a total of 207 higher education institutions in Turkey. In the 2018–2019 academic year, these institutions have 4,420,699 undergraduate, 2,829,430 associate, 394,174 graduate and 96,199 doctorate students registered in the Council of Higher Education (YOK) (Higher Education Information Management System, 2019). According to the data of 2019 Higher Education Institution Examination (YKS), the number of candidates applied to basic proficiency test (TYT) is 2,515,012, the number of candidates applied to the field proficiency test (AYT) is 2,024,549 and the number of candidates applied to the foreign language test (YDT) is 13,775 (YKS Numeric Data, 2019)
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