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Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ): Adaptation, Validation, and Development of a Short Form in the Chinese Context for Mathematics
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Wang, Faming; Jiang, Chunlian; King, Ronnel B.; Leung, Shing On – Psychology in the Schools, 2023
The Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ) is one of the most widely used instruments to measure students' motivation and self-regulated learning. However, the MSLQ was developed and has been predominantly used in the Western context, is a domain-general measure, and is quite lengthy. Hence, adapting the MSLQ to the Chinese…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Questionnaires, Metacognition, Cultural Context
An Empirical Analysis of an Alternative Configuration of the Academic Motivation Scale
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Smith, Kenneth J.; Davy, Jeanette A.; Rosenberg, Donald L. – Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy & Practice, 2012
The purpose of this study was to examine an alternative configuration of the Academic Motivation Scale (AMS), a psychometric instrument used as a measure of academic motivation in various academic environments. The analyses utilised data from a convenience sample of 2354 business students, broken into two random subsamples of 1177 cases.…
Descriptors: Dropout Rate, Educational Objectives, Outcomes of Education, Construct Validity
Teacher and Student Perceived Reasons for Dropping out of High School in an Urban Alabama City between 2004-2008
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Collins, Jerry D. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of the study was to explore the lived experiences of African American urban high school students that dropped out of school in an urban Alabama city and their teachers that taught the students between 2004 and 2008. In addition, the purpose of this study focused on the dropout phenomenon by interviewing students and their former…
Descriptors: Interviews, High School Students, High Schools, Dropouts
Examining a Multidimensional Model of Student Motivation and Engagement Using a Construct Validation Approach
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Martin, Andrew J. – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2007
Background: This study seeks to examine a multidimensional model of student motivation and engagement using within- and between-network construct validation approaches. Aims: The study tests the first- and higher-order factor structure of the motivation and engagement wheel and its corresponding measurement tool, the Motivation and Engagement…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), High School Students, Student Motivation, Educational Practices
Measuring Perceived Motivational Climate in Physical Education
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Papaioannou, Athanasios G.; Tsigilis, Nikolaos; Kosmidou, Eudoxia; Milosis, Dimitrios – Journal of Teaching in Physical Education, 2007
A new instrument of motivational climate in physical education is presented with the goal of measuring perceptions of teachers' emphasis on mastery, performance-approach, performance-avoidance, and social approval goals. The measure was based on the principle of compatibility, according to which climate perceptions and achievement goals should be…
Descriptors: Mastery Learning, Validity, Structural Equation Models, Physical Education
A Cross-Validation Study of the School Attitude Assessment Survey (SAAS).
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McCoach, D. Betsy – 2000
Factors commonly associated with underachievement in the research literature include low self-concept, low self-motivation/self-regulation, negative attitude toward school, and negative peer influence. This study attempts to isolate these four factors within a secondary school population. The purpose of the study was to design a valid and reliable…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attitude Measures, Construct Validity, High School Students