CONSTRUCTION AND STANDARDIZATION OF COMPUTER SELF-EFFICACY SCALE FOR PROSPECTIVE SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS

The present task was undertaken to construct and standardize scale for measuring computer selfefficacy of prospective secondary school teachers. For this, data were collected from prospective secondary school teachers by adopting random sampling technique. An item pool was created initially by consulting various sources and theoretical and empirical literature available in the concerned area. This item pool was put to evaluation and criticism by technical as well as language experts. The preliminary draft of computer self-efficacy scale was further subjected to item analysis to select only highly discriminating items. The reliability of scale was established with the help of testretest and split-half methods which were found to be appreciably high. The validity of computer selfefficacy scale was ascertained and norms were established for interpretation of obtained scores on the scale. In the last, conclusions have been presented and applicability and implications of computer self-efficacy scale have been discussed.