Development of Class Management Scale

Abstract

This study aims to develop a classroom management scale (CMS) for the teachers whowork at high schools. The study was conducted to total of 524 students who are enrolled inthree distinct public high schools during the 2014- 2015 academic calendar of the fall semester.In the first phase of the scale development, 394 students from two different high schools, inthe second phase 130 high school students from another different high school students wererecruited. In relation to reach the validity and confirmation of the scale, exploratory factoranalysis was performed and confirmatory factor analyses were performed on the pilot itemsof the scale. The results yielded 18 items with three dimensions of the classroom managementscale. Conbach Alpha level for each dimensions are .93, .64, .67 and the level for the wholescale is .85. Findings of the study show that the classroom management scale is valid andreliable for the students at high schools in Turkey.