Abstract

The purpose of this research was standardization through a test construction by addressing the assessment of validity and reliability of Reid’s English language learning styles among high school students. This research was of quantitative approach. In this paper, 357 (189 females and 168 males) high school students in Isfahan Province on 2013–2014 academic year were randomly selected using stratified sampling method. They were asked to fill Reid’s English language learning styles’ questionnaire. The questionnaire was assessed in terms of content validity, construct validity, face validity, and factor validity. Likewise, its reliability was confirmed by assessing its internal consistency using a split-half method. LISREL 8.5 and SPSS Software, Version 19, were used for its statistical calculations. The results indicated that Cronbach’s alpha coefficients were strong for all subscales and the overall scale of psychometric measurement. Moreover, confirmatory factor analysis revealed a good fitness for the scale. Results of split-half method also indicated that coefficient of test reliability was desirable. Therefore, considering the results, it can be said that the Persian version of the language learning style questionnaire demonstrated an acceptable validity and reliability. Findings of this study can be useful for Iranian high school students to improve their learning status because their native cultural milieu and their own educational structure were under focus which consequently leads to the discovery and innovation of new teaching and learning methods to improve their knowledge in each area, and new learning styles can be discovered based on their own special condition.

摘要

本研究的目的是通过测试结构的标准化，通过解决对高中生 Reid 英语学习风格的有效性和可靠性的评估。这项研究是定量的方法。本文采用分层抽样方法随机抽取伊斯法罕省 2013-2014 学年 357 名（189 名女性和 168 名男性）高中生。他们被要求填写里德的英语学习风格问卷。问卷从内容效度、结构效度、表面效度和因素效度三个方面进行评估。同样，通过使用对半方法评估其内部一致性来确认其可靠性。LISREL 8.5 和 SPSS 软件第 19 版用于其统计计算。结果表明，所有子量表和心理测量测量的整体量表的 Cronbach α 系数都很强。此外，验证性因素分析显示该量表具有良好的适应性。对半法的结果也表明测试信度系数是可取的。因此，考虑到结果，可以说波斯语版本的语言学习风格问卷表现出可接受的效度和信度。这项研究的结果可能有助于伊朗高中生提高他们的学习状况，因为他们的本土文化环境和他们自己的教育结构受到关注，从而导致新的教学和学习方法的发现和创新，以提高他们在每个方面的知识区域，