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Mathematics Motivation and Engagement: An Independent Evaluation of a Complex Model with Australian Rural High School Students
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Plenty, Stephanie; Heubeck, Bernd G. – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2011
Most traditional models of academic motivation focus on a small number of specific factors. However, the Student Motivation and Engagement Scale (MES) (Martin, 2007b) includes a fairly comprehensive range of perspectives on general student motivation. The current study set out (a) to provide an independent test of the proposed 11-factor structure…
Descriptors: Mathematics Achievement, Factor Structure, Student Motivation, Foreign Countries
Situational Interest: Its Multifaceted Structure in the Secondary School Mathematics Classroom.
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Mitchell, Mathew – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1993
A hypothetical construct of interest is proposed and tested in the mathematics classroom with 350 high school students. Results indicate that it is useful to distinguish between personal and situational interest. In addition, the structure of situational interest appears multifaceted, with five subfacets found in the high school mathematics…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Construct Validity, Factor Analysis, Factor Structure