Developing a Teacher Cognition on ICT Instrument: A Confirmatory Factor Analysis

Teachers' cognition (knowledge, belief, attitude, and self-efficacy) regarding ICT in ELT needs to be revealed to gain a more comprehensive understanding of their perspective and understanding of incorporating ICT into their everyday instructional activities. This study aims to create Teacher Cognition on ICT (TC-ICT) scales that can be used to assess their cognition level. The paper describes the processes of building the instrument, from domain definition and delimitation to instrument construction. This survey research used an online questionnaire to collect data from 54 respondents and then conducted a confirmatory factor analysis to analyze the results. The validity of the 68 items with a loading factor of more than 6.0 and the AVE score exceeded 5.0 was confirmed by the study. Furthermore, all five factors (knowledge of ICT, belief in ICT, attitude toward ICT, ICT self-efficacy, and ICT perceived use in ELT) had a composite reliability value of better than 0.7. As a result, all indicators used to measure the variables were found to be reliable. Furthermore, all variables' Cronbach's Alpha values were better than 0.6. Thus, the instrument items were shown to be valid and reliable in assessing the essential variables, and they may be utilized in teacher cognition dimensions and scales studies.