About the Measure
Domains | Meta-cognition, Motivation, goal orientation and perseverance, Social and Emotional Competence |
Key stages | Key Stage 3 |
Subscales | Negative motivating components; Positive motivating components |
Description | This instrument is designed to reveal the effect on an individual's motivation, of their peers and surrounding adults. |
Example | Doing school work with friends made me study harder |
Link | http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.2466/pms.1984.59.1.243 |
Psychometry | |
Implementation |
Implementation details
No. of items | 45 |
Format | Likert |
Respondent | Self |
Scoring | Standardised |
Time | 0 |
Age | 12-14 |
Cost single purchase | Free - Available |
Cost per child | Free - Available |
Psychometric details
UK norms | No |
Cronbach's α | .82-.83 |
Test retest | Not reported |
Inter-rater reliability | Not reported |
EFA | 2-factor orthogo |
CFA | Not reported |
Criterion validity | Not reported |
Construct validity | r= [-.22,.33] with Ottis Lenon IQ test; r= [-.17,.30] with grade equivalence |
Concurrent validity | Not reported |
Predictive validity | Not reported |
Responsiveness | Not reported |
Floor/Ceiling | Not reported |
References | Wells, G. R., & Bledsoe, J. C. (1984). Development and validation of the Wells-Bledsoe Motivation Checklist. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 59(1), 243-248. doi:10.2466/pms.1984.59.1.243 |