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Expectancy-Value Beliefs Optimize Mathematics Achievement and Learning Strategy Use: A Bifactor Approach (Las creencias sobre los valores y las expectativas optimizan el rendimiento matemático y el uso de estrategias de aprendizaje: un enfoque bifactorial)
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Wang, Faming; King, Ronnel B.; Leung, Shing on; Jiang, Chunlian – Journal for the Study of Education and Development, 2023
Expectancy-value theory mostly focuses on how expectancy and value beliefs are associated with academic achievement. Both expectancy and value beliefs are multidimensional and can be further decomposed into general and specific factors. However, few studies have explored the associations of these general and specific factors with academic…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Instruction, Learning Strategies, Factor Structure
Development of a Metaconceptual Awareness and Regulation Scale
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Kirbulut, Zubeyde Demet; Uzuntiryaki-Kondakci, Esen; Beeth, Michael Edward – International Journal of Science Education, 2016
This study aimed to develop the Metaconceptual Awareness and Regulation Scale (MARS) -- a self-report instrument for measuring the extent to which students realise, monitor, and evaluate their ideas. MARS consists of 10 items scored on a six-point Likert scale for two factors: metaconceptual awareness and metaconceptual regulation. A pilot study…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Test Construction, Likert Scales, Attitude Measures