ERIC Number: EJ1380900
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
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The Development and Validation of the Zero Cost Textbook Satisfaction Scale (ZSS)
Open Praxis, v14 n4 p291-299 2022
This paper aimed to develop and validate the Zero Textbook Satisfaction Scale (ZSS), a measurement tool to assess student satisfaction with Zero Textbook Costs (ZTC) resources. The validated ZSS is available via a CC BY-NC-ND license and is a valuable tool for faculty and institutions seeking to understand student perceptions of their OER/ ZTC adoptions and for broad scale OER/ZTC adoption initiatives seeking to understand student experiences with materials across a wide variety of courses. The ZSS was administered, revised, and validated following DeVellis (2017) 8 steps for validating measurement tools. The secondary data was analyzed using Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA), which resulted in 11 items on 1 factor and a Cronbach's alpha, which showed excellent internal consistency ([alpha] = 0.94). The ZSS validated tool is designed to be used by faculty who would like to assess student satisfaction with the open source textbooks, and compare data to other sites of adoption.
Descriptors: Test Construction, Test Validity, Textbooks, Student Costs, Student Satisfaction, Factor Analysis, Open Educational Resources, Undergraduate Students
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Pennsylvania
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