Development of a scale for assesing entrepteneurial skills in middle school

The aim of the researcher's study is; It is to disseminate the tool for evaluating the entrepreneurial characteristics of secondary school students. Exploratory sequential designs, one of the mixed methods research typologies, were used in the study. Literature review has started the scale development stages and it has a Likert-type scale formula with 75 items. After collecting the expert parts, the final form of the measurement was given. 615 registered secondary school students from public schools in Istanbul participated in the research. Validity and reliability analyzes of the scale are being conducted. Exploratory Factor Analysis and Confirmatory Factor Analysis were conducted to increase the structure. It was determined that the best factor loadings of the items contained a 30-item file, and other units with insufficient factor loadings and overlapping should be removed. According to the Exploratory Factor Analysis representation, it was revealed that the operation has a 5-factor structure. It was determined that the developed technology explained 51.798% of the total variance. The 5 factors that emerged as a result of the continuation of the structure of the scale are; It has been named as entrepreneurial motivation, confidence in entrepreneurship, individual creativity, innovation and leadership leadership. The Cronbach alpha amount of the scale is .869.Considering this coefficient, it was accepted to be reliable.Goodness of fit values were determined as CMIN/DF 1.462, RMSEA 0.026, GFI 0 .92, AGFI 0.915, RMR 0.06, SRMR 0.06, CFI .976, NFI .928, NNFI .906. It was determined that the model showed a good fit with the data obtained. After analyzing the maintenance of the structure of the scale, the scale is presented in a structure consisting of 30 items in 5 sub-dimensions. As a result, these calculation results used for entrepreneurial abilities in secondary school jobs are reliable and the inferences made about the scale items are valid. It may be recommended to use the results obtained with data selected from various regions and at different levels. KEYWORDS: Entrepreneurship, Science, Middle School Students, Scale Development