About the Measure
| Domains | Motivation, goal orientation and perseverance |
| Key stages | Key Stage 3, Key Stage 4, Key Stage 5 |
| Subscales | Others’ influence; Extrinsic goal orientation |
| Description | This instrument, developed with high school (up to age 23 years) pupils from Nigeria, asks pupils to self-report on a number of areas in response to the question: To what extent do you feel encouraged. These questions cover a wide range of elements including learning, testing, scholarship, effort and societal values. |
| Example | To what extent do you feel encouraged… By your parents' expectation of your good performances in tests |
| Link | http://jehdnet.com/journals/jehd/Vol_4_No_4_December_2015/10.pdf |
| Psychometry | |
| Implementation |
Implementation details
| No. of items | 25 |
| Format | Likert |
| Respondent | Self |
| Scoring | Standardised |
| Time | 0 |
| Age | 12-23 |
| Cost single purchase | Free - Available |
| Cost per child | Free - Available |
Psychometric details
| UK norms | No |
| Cronbach's α | .87-.90 |
| Test retest | Not reported |
| Inter-rater reliability | Not reported |
| EFA | 5-factor solutio |
| CFA | Not reported |
| Criterion validity | Not reported |
| Construct validity | Not reported |
| Concurrent validity | Not reported |
| Predictive validity | Not reported |
| Responsiveness | Not reported |
| Floor/Ceiling | Not reported |
| References | Iwintolu, R. O., & Afolabi, E. R. I. (2015). Psychometric properties of test-taking motivation scale for Nigerian secondary school students. Journal of Education and Human Development, 4(4), 77-83. doi:10.15640/jehd.v4n4a1 |