Construction and Validation of a Questionnaire to Measure the Student's Perceptions of Social Constructivist Learning Environments

Given the importance of student's perceptions of learning environments, the present study aimed to construct and validate a questionnaire to measure student's perceptions of social constructivist leaning environments. The method of study was testing. Dimensions of Social constructivist learning environments were identified, in the first stage of study, and items were developed by pilot study. A sample of the 374 high school students (178 girls and 196 boys) was selected by a non-probability sampling. The validity of questionnaire was investigated by content validity, Professional judgment, Exploratory factor analysis and the reliability of questionnaire was calculated by internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha).Cronbach's alpha was 0.94 at the total scale and it was between 0.57 to 0.88 at components, and test-retest reliability of questionnaire was 90.0 and test-retest reliability of components was between 0.54 to 0.77, so the reliability and internal consistency were suitable. The results of principal component analysis showed the scale was formed from 8 factors. Therefore, according to the favorable psychometric characteristics, questionnaire of "student's perceptions of social constructivist learning environment" can be used for research related to the perception of the classroom environment.