简介:Theaimofthisstudyistodevelopdatacollectiontoolsforevaluationofschoolpracticecoursesandforperceptionsofteachercandidatesregardingteachercompetenciesforeffectiveteaching.Threehundredandeighty-eightlastyearundergraduatestudentsfromsevenprogramsoffacultiesofeducationattwostateuniversitiesparticipatedinthestudy.Itemsofthe5-pointLikertscalewerewrittenaccordingtothedimensionsoftheconstructswithrespecttotherelatedliterature.Theitemswerereviewedbythreeexperts,oneofwhomisintheeducationalmeasurementandtwoofwhomareinthescienceandbiologyeducationdepartments.Dimensionalitiesofthetwo-dimensionalEvaluationofPracticumScale(EPS)andone-dimensionalCompetencyofInstructionQualityScale(CIQS)wereanalyzedusingfactoranalysis.UnweightedleastsquaresestimationmethodandPromaxrotationwereusedinthefactoranalysisprocedures.Cronbach'sacoefficientswere0.89and0.83forthetwodimensionsofEPSand0.82forCIQS.