Development of Class Management Scale

This study aims to develop a classroom management scale (CMS) for the teachers who work at high schools. The study was conducted to total of 524 students who are enrolled in three distinct public high schools during the 2014- 2015 academic calendar of the fall semester. In the first phase of the scale development, 394 students from two different high schools, in the second phase 130 high school students from another different high school students were recruited. In relation to reach the validity and confirmation of the scale, exploratory factor analysis was performed and confirmatory factor analyses were performed on the pilot items of the scale. The results yielded 18 items with three dimensions of the classroom management scale. Conbach Alpha level for each dimensions are .93, .64, .67 and the level for the whole scale is .85. Findings of the study show that the classroom management scale is valid and reliable for the students at high schools in Turkey.