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Reading is expressed as the basic language skill that most contributes to the intellectual and emotional
development. Therefore, reading habits should be perceived by individuals as a lifelong requirement and they
must be maintained regularly. In this study, it has been aimed to develop a scale to determine reading habits
of students in middle school. In the development stage of the scale, initial items were prepared and experts
were consulted through pilot study after the teacher candidates were consulted and the relevant literature
about reading habits was reviewed. The 5-point Likert-type scale with 38 items was administrated on 1002
students in five secondary schools in the city center of Canakkale. As a result of the analyses, the value of
Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin (KMO) was found as 0.90 and significance value of Bartlett Test of Sphericity was
found as 0.00 (p<0.05), respectively. The exploratory factor analysis was performed in order to determine the
construct validity of Middle School Reading Habits Scale (OKOAÖ) developed within the scope of the
study. As a result of the factor analysis, it has been seen that the scale developed has a structure that consists
of three factors (Reflection of Books into Skills, The Relationship Established with Books, Having a Manner
of Telling Originated from Books). Cronbach’s Alpha value was calculated to determine the internal
consistency. As a result of the analysis performed, Cronbach's Alpha value was found as 0.86 for 15 items.
The reliability coefficient values equal or greater to 0.70 are considered as reliable. Therefore, this indicates
that “Middle School Reading Habits Scale” is a reliable scale.
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