CONSTRUCTION AND STANDARDIZATION OF HIGHER SECONDARY STUDENTS' CHEMISTRY LEARNING ENVIRONMENT SCALE

The main aim of this study is to construct and standardize a tool for measuring the
Chemistry Learning Environment. For the purpose of this study, Simple random sampling
technique has been used to select the sample of this study. Among the schools as many as 200
first year higher secondary students have been randomly selected and used as subjects of this
study. For this purpose the researcher referred journals and related literature and prepared as
many as 65 statements pertaining to the Chemistry Learning Environment. These items have
been classified under the following five dimensions: Student Cohesiveness, Class room
Environment, Teacher Support, Personnel Participation, Student Centeredness, Laboratory
Environment, Enjoyment of Chemistry Lessons and Home Environment. On the basis of the
calculated‘t’ test value, the items which are above 1.75 have been selected and these formed
final study. Totally 48 items were included in the final study.