Adaptation of the effective lifelong learning inventory (ELLI) in Turkish

Aim of present research is adaptation of ELLI, which was developed by R. Deakin Crick, P. Broadfoot, G. Claxton in 2004, into Turkish by carrying a language equivalency, reliability and validity study. It is a Likert-type, online inventory to diagnose, track and develop learning power of students by a subjective self report. Results could be used as an opportunity to create free learning spaces for them to become aware of learning to learn capacities they can develop. A strong positive Pearson ve Spearman correlation has been found between the total scores and seven dimensions of Turkish and that of English forms of ELLI in the language equivalency study. 552 students studying in grades 5-12 were completed online ELLI Turkish Questionnaire for validity and reliability study. The Cronbach Alpha reliability coefficient of Turkish version of ELLI has been found .90; and that of its dimensions' values have been changed between .62 and .83. Confirmatory Factor Analysis was performed on the collected data to test goodness of fit of the dimensions in relation to the data. Although the confirmatory factor analytic results were showing quite poor fit for the Turkish sample, overall the dimensions showed a reasonable fit within the data. The RMSEA is below 0.05, except the three weak items, rest of the items' fit at good levels. It has been decided to keep all Turkish version of ELLI questionnaire items as it is for cross-cultural researches to explore learning dispositions comparatively using international data collected from different countries.