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Mugon, Jhotisha; Dong, Gracia; Kim, Nam-Hwui; Jobidon, Erin – Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching, 2023
Integrating educational assessment tools, such as the Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ), into university classrooms can help students and faculty gain insight into areas of strength and challenge for students. The present study adapted and integrated the MSLQ into a set of first-year communication courses for Faculty of Arts…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Questionnaires, Test Construction, Writing (Composition)
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Muenks, Katherine; Wigfield, Allan; Yang, Ji Seung; O'Neal, Colleen R. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2017
Duckworth, Peterson, Matthews, and Kelly (2007) defined "grit" as one's passion and perseverance toward long-term goals. They proposed that it consists of 2 components: consistency of interests and perseverance of effort. In a high school and college student sample, we used a multidimensional item response theory approach to examine (a)…
Descriptors: High School Students, College Students, Metacognition, Item Response Theory
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Daniel, Sarah R.; Jordan, Michelle E. – International Journal of School & Educational Psychology, 2015
Collaborative group work plays an important part in postsecondary education, and the ability to assess the quality of such group work is useful for both students and instructors. The purpose of this study was to develop a self-report measure of students' perceptions of the quality of their interactions during collaborative educational tasks.…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Group Activities, Postsecondary Education, College Students
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Alkharusi, Hussain; Neisler, Otherine; Al-Barwani, Thuwayba; Clayton, David; Al-Sulaimani, Humaira; Khan, Mohammad; Al-Yahmadi, Hamad; Al-Kalbani, Muna – College Student Journal, 2012
Research on university student learning has suggested that students' motivational orientations and learning strategies are critical to their academic achievement. In an attempt to assess the levels of motivation and the usage of learning resources and strategies of college students, Pintrich, Smith, Garcia and McKeachie (1993) developed an 81-item…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Measures (Individuals), Learning Strategies, Psychometrics
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Ayatollahi, Mohammad Ali; Rasekh, Abbas Eslami; Tavakoli, Mansoor – International Education Studies, 2011
The Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ) is an instrument for measuring motivation and learning strategies in general education. This instrument is modular, consisting of motivation and learning strategies modules. This study sought to see whether the learning strategies module of this instrument can be applied to the context of…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Computer Science
Garcia, Teresa; Pintrich, Paul R. – 1995
Some issues involved in the measurement of student motivation and learning strategies are explored, focusing on a self-report instrument, the Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ). The MSLQ, designed to assess the motivational orientation and learning strategy use of college students and based on a social-cognitive view, has been…
Descriptors: College Students, Educational Assessment, Educational Theories, Evaluation Methods