Development and Validation of Semantic Differential Scale to Assess Teachers Belief Towards Socially Disadvantaged Students.

This paper intended to record the process of developing and validating a Semantic Differential Scale to assess the teacher's belief on socially disadvantaged students in the Indian context. Social Identity Theory (SIT) and Stereotype Content Model (SCM) has been adopted. Following the new method of developing SDS proposed by Ding et al. (2008), the process resulted in a 15-item scale with a three-factorial structure. The reliability and validity of the scale according to the new method were tested with SPSS 26 and Amos 26, with Cronbach's alpha reliability coefficients greater than 0.962. With good indices on reliability and validity, the instrument is likely to be useful to both academicians and practitioners interested in assessing the addressed context. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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