About the Measure
| Domains | Motivation, goal orientation and perseverance, Resilience and coping |
| Key stages | Key Stage 1, Key Stage 2, Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4, Key Stage 5 |
| Subscales | This is a unidimensional measure |
| Description | SAMRS aims to identify students’ levels of academic achievement motivation, predict students’ academic achievement, and assesses how programs affect students’ achievement motivation. |
| Example | Brings in materials related to classroom activities |
| Link | http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0013164497057002008 |
| Psychometry | |
| Implementation |
Implementation details
| No. of items | 15 |
| Format | Likert |
| Respondent | Teacher |
| Scoring | Standardised |
| Time | 0 |
| Age | 5-18 |
| Cost single purchase | Free |
| Cost per child | Free |
Psychometric details
| UK norms | No |
| Cronbach's α | .61-.90 |
| Test retest | 6-8 weeks, r= [.79-.98] |
| Inter-rater reliability | Not reported |
| EFA | Not reported |
| CFA | Not reported |
| Criterion validity | r= .76 median correlation with Grade Point Averge |
| Construct validity | r= [.40-.85] with measures of self-esteem (Self-Esteem Rating Scale for Children) |
| Concurrent validity | Not reported |
| Predictive validity | Not reported |
| Responsiveness | Not reported |
| Floor/Ceiling | Not reported |
| References | Chiu, L-H. (1997). Development and validation of the School Achievement Motivation Rating Scale. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 57(2), 292–305. doi:10.1177/0013164497057002008 |