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Nielsen, Tine – Cogent Education, 2020
Academic self-efficacy is mostly construed as specific; task-specific, course-specific or domain-specific. Previous research in the Danish university context has shown that the self-efficacy subscale in the Motivated Strategies for Leaning Questionnaire is not a single scale, but consists of two separate course- and activity-specific scales; the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Self Efficacy, Test Wiseness, Construct Validity
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Nielsen, Tine – Cogent Education, 2018
The study is a first validity study investigating the psychometric properties of the Danish translation of the intrinsic and extrinsic motivation subscales of the Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire in a higher education context. Rasch family measurement models were employed emphasizing unidimensionality, local independence of items,…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Incentives, Questionnaires, Learning Strategies
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Makransky, Guido; Havmose, Philip; Vang, Maria Louison; Andersen, Tonny Elmose; Nielsen, Tine – Higher Education Research and Development, 2017
The aim of this study was to evaluate the predictive validity of a two-step admissions procedure that included a cognitive ability test followed by multiple mini-interviews (MMIs) used to assess non-cognitive skills, compared to grade-based admissions relative to subsequent drop-out rates and academic achievement after one and two years of study.…
Descriptors: Predictive Validity, College Admission, Admission Criteria, College Entrance Examinations