Abstract
The aim of the present study is to develop a valid and reliable measurement tool to determine students' attitudes towards university education. The sample of the study consisted of students enrolled in various teacher education programs of Gazi Education Faculty, Gazi University. A total of 556 students participated in the study. The data collected from 233 students were used for exploratory factor analysis, whereas 323 students' data were used for confirmatory factor analysis. Firstly, the items were created to compile an item pool and relevant academic staffs were asked to evaluate face and content validity of the scale. Then, the draft scale was applied to the sample and exploratory factor analysis (EFA) was performed to determine the factor structure of the scale. As a result of EFA, the scale comprised of 19 items grouped onto three factors was developed. Moreover, to test the three-factorial structure of the scale confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) was accomplished. The results of CFA confirmed the three-factorial structure of the scale. Finally, reliability analysis results indicated that the internal consistency coefficients for the whole of the students' attitudes towards university education scale and three subscales were .906; .835; .872; and .796.