Journal of Studies in Education ISSN 2162-6952 2015, Vol. 5, No. 4 www.macrothink.org/jse 23 Astronomy Attitude Scale: Development, Validity and Reliability 1 Cumhur TÜRK (Corresponding Author) Researcher Assistant Science Education Program, Faculty of Education Ondokuz Mayıs University, Samsun, 55200, Turkey Tel: 90-36-2312-1919 ext: 5870 E-mail: cturk@omu.edu.tr Hüseyin KALKAN Prof. Dr. Science Education Program, Faculty of Education Ondokuz Mayıs University, Samsun, 55200, Turkey Tel: 90-36-2312-1919 ext: 5867 E-mail: kalkanh@omu.edu.tr Received: March 5, 2015 Accepted: August 26, 2015 Published: November 1, 2015 doi:10.5296/jse.v5i4.8134 URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5296/jse.v5i4.8134 Abstract The purpose of this study is to develop a valid and reliable attitude scale to find out middle school students’ attitudes towards astronomy, subjects related to astronomy, the relationship between astronomy and daily life and also their attitudes towards the studies conducted. In the development stage of the scale, after existing attitude scales and studies on astronomy education were reviewed, initial items were prepared and expert views were consulted. Astronomy Attitude Scale (AAS), which was 5 point Likert, was conducted on a total of 302 middle school students studying in the Black Sea Region of Turkey. The scale was finalized through exploratory factor analysis and the scale’s Cronbach-Alpha consistency coefficient was found to be 0,912. As a result of the analyses conducted, it was found that the scale 1 This study based on Ph.D. thesis of Cumhur TÜRK.