title: Internal consistency reliability and construct validity of an Arabic translation of the shortened form of the Fennema-Sherman Mathematics Attitudes Scales.
abstract: A sample of 480 (246 boys and 234 girls) students in Grade 11 in the United Arab Emirates completed an Arabic version of the shortened form of the Fennema-Sherman Mathematics Attitudes Scales. A factor analysis of the intercorrelations of responses to 51 items indicated the same general factors as in the original study. Internal consistency estimates of the reliability of scores on the total scale and on each scale for the short form were acceptable, with coefficients alpha ranging from .72 to .89.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN 46227, USA. halkhateeb@uindy.edu
authors.forename: Haitham M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Alkhateeb
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D018912:Arabs / Q000523:psychology; D001290:Attitude; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008433:Mathematics; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012737:Sex Factors; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014177:Translations; D014479:United Arab Emirates / Q000208:ethnology