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 |