About the Measure
Domains | Motivation, goal orientation and perseverance, Perceptions of Self, Resilience and coping |
Key stages | Key Stage 2 |
Subscales | Safe and caring school; Peers; External resilience; Internal resilience; Self-confidence |
Description | This instrument is designed to gain insight into pupils' motivations for completing or dropping out of school. |
Example | I sometimes feel overwhelmed by school |
Link | http://www.rockyview.ab.ca/publications/assets_publications/handbooks/sos-q-program-manual |
Psychometry | |
Implementation |
Implementation details
No. of items | 42 |
Format | Likert |
Respondent | Self |
Scoring | Standardised |
Time | 0 |
Age | 9-10 |
Cost single purchase | Free - Available |
Cost per child | Free - Available |
Psychometric details
UK norms | No |
Cronbach's α | .72-.94 |
Test retest | Not reported |
Inter-rater reliability | Not reported |
EFA | 5-factor oblique |
CFA | Chi-square(802) = 1398.08 RMSEA =0.049 SRMR = 0.058 CFI = 0.89 |
Criterion validity | Not reported |
Construct validity | Not reported |
Concurrent validity | Not reported |
Predictive validity | Not reported |
Responsiveness | Not reported |
Floor/Ceiling | Not reported |
References | Burger, J. M., Nadirova, A., & Keefer, K. V. (2012). Moving beyond achievement data development of the student orientation to school questionnaire as a noncognitive assessment tool. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 30(4), 367-386. doi:10.1177/0734282912449444 Nadirova, A., & Burger, J. M. (2014). Assessing Student Orientation to School to Address Low Achievement and Dropping Out. Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 60(2), 300-321. |