Scope Validity of the Graph Drawing and Interpretation Skill Checklist

Abstract

The aim of this study is to determine the scope validity of the graph drawing interpretation skill checklist that can be used in social studies teaching. The literature review was made while the draft skill checklist was prepared at first. There have generally been some graph drawing and interpretation skill checklist studies at secondary and higher education levels. However, a graph drawing and interpretation skill checklist prepared for the social studies course at the primary education level has not been found. In the next step, items of the graph drawing and interpretation skill checklist were prepared. It has been benefitted from the literature on the graph drawing and interpretation for this. Attention has been paid to the preparation of items that assess the graph drawing and interpretation skill at the elementary education level. The scope validity of the items was analyzed employing the technique developed by Lawshe (1975) based on assessments of 10 specialists in their field. Analysis results show that the scope validity ration of the skill checklist was sufficient, thereby being workable in assessing the graph drawing and interpretation skill in social studies teaching.

Examining the Map Literacy Levels of Students in the Faculty of Education

“…Within the framework of the discipline of Social Sciences, there have been many studies related to map literacy, especially in Geography education (Demiralp, 2006;Üzümcü, 2007;Ertuğrul, 2008;Koç, 2008;Sönmez& Aksoy, 2012;Aksoy, 2013;Yurdam, 2013;Aksoy, Kılıçoğlu&Ablak, 2015;Abbak, 2016;Kartal, 2016;Kuzey, 2016;Tokcan and Balcı, 2016;Yaylacı& Aksoy, 2017;Ablak& Aksoy, 2018;Aksoy &Ablak, 2019;Aksoy, 2019;Aksoy &Namal, 2020). In addition, research was conducted in which the map skills of undergraduate students' indifferent branches of a Faculty of Education were determined.…”