Distance Education Attitudes (DEAS) During Covid-19 Crisis: Factor Structure,
Reliability and Construct Validity of the Brief DEA Scale in Greek-Speaking SEND
Teachers
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Tzivinikou S
; Charitaki G
; Kagkara D
?-/-? 2021[]; 26
(3
): 461-79
PMIDC7667012
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The aim of this study was to evaluate the psychometric properties (factor
structure, reliability and construct validity) of the Brief Distance Education
Attitudes (DEA) scale. Four hundred twenty-two SEND teachers filled out
socio-demographic data forms and the DEAS. Factors were extracted by EFA
(Principal Components Analysis) and confirmed by Analysis of Moment Structures.
No floor-ceiling effects were observed. No significant differences of skewness
and kurtosis were observed between the two Domains. All goodness of fit indices
generated by CFA were found satisfactory (TLI?=?0.962?>?0.95,
RMSEA?=?.035?0.08, CFI?=?0.943???0.90, ?(2)(34)?=?57.93, p?=?.000 and
SRMR?=?0.034?0.08). Cronbach?s alpha value formed at ??=?.764. SEND teachers?
attitudes towards Efficacy in Distance Education and Difficulties Related to
Distance Education are considered as significant factors for the implementation
of distance education during COVID-19 crisis. Consequently, universities,
education technology corporations and policy makers should take consideration of
these factors so as to train SEND teachers? and support emergency remote-teaching
scenarios.