About the Measure
Domains | Meta-cognition, Motivation, goal orientation and perseverance, Perceptions of Self |
Key stages | Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4, Key Stage 5 |
Subscales | Personal mastery goal orientation; Personal performance-approach goal orientation; Personal performance-avoidance goal orientation |
Description | This instrument is designed to assess pupils' mastery, performance-approach and performance-avoidance goal orientations. There are different versions for different school levels with the main difference being a more domain-general approach for elementary school pupils to reflect their general experience of remaining in the same class across different subjects. |
Example | One of my goals is to keep others from thinking I'm not smart in class |
Link | http://www.umich.edu/~pals/pals/PALS%202000_V13Word97.pdf |
Psychometry | |
Implementation |
Implementation details
No. of items | 14 |
Format | Likert |
Respondent | Self |
Scoring | Standardised |
Time | 0 |
Age | 5-18 |
Cost single purchase | Free |
Cost per child | Free |
Psychometric details
UK norms | No |
Cronbach's α | .74-.89 |
Test retest | Within the school year, r= [.61,.63] |
Inter-rater reliability | Not reported |
EFA | Not reported |
CFA | Chi-Square(116) = 298.55 N = 647 p<.001 GFI = .95 TLI = .95 CFI = .96 RMSEA = .049 |
Criterion validity | Not reported |
Construct validity | r= .63 with Nicholls' ego-orientation scale; r= .67 with Nicholls’ task-orientation scale |
Concurrent validity | Not reported |
Predictive validity | Not reported |
Responsiveness | Not reported |
Floor/Ceiling | Not reported |
References | Anderman, E. M., Urdan, T., & Roeser, R. (2003, March). The patterns of adaptive learning survey: History, development, and psychometric properties. Paper presented at the Indicators of Positive Development Conference, Washington D.C. Retrieved from http://www.childtrends.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Child_Trends-2003_03_12_PD_PDConfAUR.pdf |