The Adaptation Study of the Loco-motion and Assessment Scales Measuring Self-Regulation Approaches of Prospective Teachers

The purpose of this study is to adapt Loco-motion scale and Assessment scale, which were developed by Kruglanski et al. (2000), in order to measure preservice teachers’ self-regulating approaches. Each scales are five point Likert type, consist of 12 items. Adaptation process was carried out in accordance with the process steps compiled by the International Test Commission (ITC). Sample of the study is 1221 prospective teacher and sample is divided to four groups. Validity of the scales was ensured by CFA, reliability of the scales was examined by Cronbach Alpha and item-total correlations. Result of the analysis showed that; Loco-motion scale consists of 9 items and Assessment scale consists of 8 items