Developing the Collaborative Problem Solving Scale

Abstract

The present study aims to develop the “Collaborative problem solving scale”, which is able to reveal the collaborative problem solving competency. The participants of this study were 76 high school students (tenth graders) who received a collaborative problem task for 70-80minutes. After completing the collaborative problem solving task, the participants filled out the preliminary version of “Collaborative problem solving scale”. Exploratory factor analysis was conducted and four major subscales yielded: “Reflect”, “Propose”, “Passive”, and “Role”. Based on the results, the scale will be subjected to further analysis such as correlation analysis and multiple regression analysis with other scales so as to further examine the criterion-related validity of this “Collaborative problem solving scale” (CPSS).