Developed Scale of Teachers' Beliefs Towards Peer Mediation: A Validity and Reliability Study

Abstract

The purpose of the present study was to develop a scale of teachers' beliefs towards peer mediation. Validity and reliability studies were conducted for the present study. The sample of the study consisted of 373 randomly selected elementary school teachers working in North Cyprus elementary schools. Within the scope of the scale's validity studies, contextual validity was determined based on specialist opinions. No item was omitted from the 24 item draft scale and the Teachers' Beliefs towards Peer Mediation Scale was formed as one dimensional according to the results of confirmatory factor analysis and exploratory factor analysis. The reliability of the scale was tested using internal consistency tests, Cronbach's alpha and the split-half method. The validity and reliability results of the scale regarding teachers' beliefs towards peer mediation" yielded satisfactory results, indicating that the scale is applicable in the field of peer mediation training.