ANALYSIS OF RELIABILITY/ITEMS OF QUESTIONNAIRE IN RESEARCH OF INFLUENCING STUDENTS´ ATTITUDES TOWARDS TEACHING SUBJECTS BY MULTIMEDIA TEACHING MATERIALS

Abstract

The contribution follows the authors' articles published in the previous JTIE issues (Záhorec - Hasková, JTIE, 1/2009, s. 83 - 91; Záhorec - Hasková, JTIE, 2/2009, s. 69 - 76) in which some results of a broader research focused on observation of possibilities to influence students` attitudes and approaches to particular subjects, mainly those belonging to their less favourite ones, were presented. In this contribution the authors present results of an analysis of reliability/items of a questionnaire which was used within the carried out research. The analysis of reliability/items of the questionnaire was done to develop an appropriate tool to obtain reliable data to verify possibilities to influence students` approaches to the subjects through a pedagogical intervention of created electronic teaching materials and interactive animations Principles of Geometry Optics into the teaching process. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]