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Design And Exploratory Factor Analysis Of A New School Connectedness Scale, Jiali Zheng
Design And Exploratory Factor Analysis Of A New School Connectedness Scale, Jiali Zheng
Georgia Educational Research Association Conference
School connectedness is found to be directly related to adolescents’ academic achievement, peer acceptance, social emotional well-being, and their decisions to remain in school. Given its importance, school connectedness has become an important goal in educational reform initiatives. However, the construct of and terminology for studying school connectedness remain unclear and there is no consensus on what core latent traits of school connectedness should be measured. This study aims to design a new and easy-to-use school connectedness scale. The researchers will examine factor analysis results from existing literature, and borrow items from existing scales. Except for experts’ advice, adolescents’ opinions …