About the Measure
Domains | Motivation, goal orientation and perseverance, Perceptions of Self |
Key stages | Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4 |
Subscales | Appraisals; Emotions; Learning intention |
Description | It assesses students’ judgments of a learning situation in real classroom situations. |
Example | How much effort are you going to put into this task? |
Link | Contact author at boekaerts@fsw.leidenuniv.nl |
Psychometry | |
Implementation |
Implementation details
No. of items | 42 |
Format | Likert |
Respondent | Self |
Scoring | Standardised |
Time | 25 |
Age | 11-16 |
Cost single purchase | Free - Available |
Cost per child | Free - Available |
Psychometric details
UK norms | No |
Cronbach's α | .62-.89 |
Test retest | 2 weeks-3 months, r= [.45,.78] |
Inter-rater reliability | Not reported |
EFA | Across studies 3 |
CFA | Time 1 (n=646) Chi-square(8011)= 15925.9 RMSEA= .077 - .080 SRMSR= .008 - .009 Time 2 (n=584) Chi-square(8011)= 16931.9 RMSEA= .086 - .089 SRMSR= .008 - .010 |
Criterion validity | Not reported |
Construct validity | School Subject Attitude Scale, r= [.39,.73] |
Concurrent validity | Not reported |
Predictive validity | When Appraisals were added to a regression model model, additional variance in reported effort in homework was explained compared to general and domain-specific predictors(except in one case where variance explained went down after Appraisals were added). Changes in variance ranged from 6.1%-22.5%. |
Responsiveness | Not reported |
Floor/Ceiling | Not reported |
References | Boekaerts, M. (2002). The on-line motivation questionnaire: A self-report instrument to assess students’ context sensitivity. Advances in motivation and achievement, 12, 77-120. Crombach, M., Boekaerts, M., & Voeten, M. (2003). Online measurement of appraisals of students faced with curricular tasks. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 63(1), 96-111. doi:10.1177/0013164402239319 |