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Ning, Hoi Kwan – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2019
Elliot, Murayama, Kobeisy, and Lichtenfeld recently developed a measure to assess students' self-based potential-approach and potential-avoidance achievement goals. The purpose of this study was to investigate the factor structure and criterion validity of this measure based on data obtained from a sample of Hong Kong university students. Results…
Descriptors: Factor Structure, Goal Orientation, Models, Foreign Countries
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Finch, W. Holmes; Cassady, Jerrell C.; Jones, James A. – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2016
The Learning and Study Strategies Inventory (LASSI) is a very popular tool for measuring the learning and study strategies of high school and college students. Prior research with the LASSI has supported the originally proposed model with three latent traits, with minor variations among the contributing subtests contributing to those traits.…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Measures (Individuals), Factor Analysis, Scores
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Yu, Taeho; Richardson, Jennifer C. – Online Learning, 2015
The purpose of this study was to develop an effective instrument to measure student readiness in online learning with reliable predictors of online learning success factors such as learning outcomes and learner satisfaction. The validity and reliability of the Student Online Learning Readiness (SOLR) instrument were tested using exploratory factor…
Descriptors: Learning Readiness, Online Courses, Electronic Learning, Factor Analysis
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Brown, Allison R.; Finney, Sara J.; France, Megan K. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2011
The Hong Psychological Reactance Scale (HPRS) purports to measure reactance: a motivational state experienced when a behavioral freedom is threatened with elimination. To date, five studies have examined the psychometric properties of the HPRS, but reached different conclusions regarding its factor structure. The current study further investigated…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Motivation, Psychometrics, Factor Structure
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Barnard, Lucy; Burley, Hansel; Olivarez, Arturo; Crooks, Steven – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2008
Introduction: In this study, we examined the psychometric properties of an instrument intended to measure vulnerability to stereotype threat. Method: We revised the instrument through assessing score reliability and then examined a domain specific model using confirmatory factor analyses. After examining the responses of the total sample…
Descriptors: Stereotypes, Reliability, Factor Structure, Psychometrics
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Obst, Patricia L.; White, Katherine M. – Journal of Community Psychology, 2004
The Sense of Community Index (SCI) is one of the most commonly used measures of Psychological Sense of Community (PSOC). There is much discussion in the literature as to the validity of the scale as a measure not only of overall PSOC, but also of the dimensions (Membership, Influence, Needs Fulfillment, and Emotional Connection) theorized by…
Descriptors: Factor Structure, Measures (Individuals), Factor Analysis, Validity
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Cano, Francisco – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2006
This study explores the latent structure of scores on the Learning and Study Strategies Inventory (LASSI) and analyzes the relationship between this structure and students' academic performance. Two independent samples of college freshmen (n = 527) and seniors (n = 429) completed the LASSI. Data analysis of the first sample revealed acceptable…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Factor Structure, Academic Achievement, Scores