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Download full textAdkins, Dorothy C.; Ballif, Bonnie L. – 1970
The construction of Gumpgookies, a test for measuring motivation of young children to achieve in school, is discussed. The test is rooted in a theoretical framework, which conceives of five constituents of motivation to achieve: (1) affective; (2) conceptual; (3) purposive; (4) cognitive; and (5) evaluative. Factor analysis and a type of cluster…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Learning, Learning Motivation, Motivation
Adkins, Dorothy C.; And Others – 1970
This research on motivation has been focused on (a) development of a measure of motivation of young children to achieve in school, a measure consonant with a five-faceted theory of constituents of motivation, and (b) a curriculum for teaching motivation to preschool children, also grounded in the theory. The resulting measure, Jumpgookies, is an…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Achievement, Behavior, Curriculum Design
Peer reviewedAdkins, Dorothy C.; Ballif, Bonnie L. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1972
Gumpgookies is an objective-projective test of motivation to achieve in school, intended for children in an age range of three and a half to eight or possibly nine. (Authors)
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Factor Analysis, Mathematical Applications, Motivation
Adkins, Dorothy C. – 1971
Presents the evolution of participation programs for Head Start parents which were conducted by the University of Hawaii Center for Research in Early Childhood Education from 1967-1968 through 1970. Each year's shifting emphasis was based on experience with programs tried earlier, on shifting interests of staff and particular communities involved…
Descriptors: Home Programs, Home Visits, Language Programs, Mathematics Curriculum
Peer reviewedAdkins, Dorothy C.; And Others – American Educational Research Journal, 1972
Gumpgookies, which was administered in this study, is a test of motivation to achieve in school. (CB)
Descriptors: Ethnic Groups, Factor Analysis, Motivation, Performance Factors
Adkins, Dorothy C.; And Others – 1972
A curriculum has been designed to teach the following 5 components of motivation to achieve in school: (1) affective, or enjoying school, (2) conceptual, or seeing oneself as a learner, (3) purposive, or goal setting, (4) instrumental, or actively moving toward goal attainment, and (5) evaluative, or self-assessing progress toward goals. Field…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Affective Behavior, Behavior Change, Criterion Referenced Tests
Adkins, Dorothy C. – 1968
An objective measure of motivation to achieve for preschool children called Gumpgookies is described. It is an objective-projective technique that requires choice between two alternate types of behavior portrayed in pictures and accompanying verbal descriptions. Gumpgookies are amoeba-like creatures who behave in ways intended to show differences…
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Attitude Measures, Cultural Differences, Evaluation Methods
Adkins, Dorothy C.; Ballif, Bonnie L. – 1970
Gumpgookies, an objective-projective test of school achievement motivation for children 3 1/2 to 8 year, was reduced from 100 to 75 items following extensive factor analyses. This revised test attempted to dissipate the effects of response sets of the subjects and was prepared in three versions--an individual form, a group form for non-readers,…
Descriptors: Achievement Need, Childhood Attitudes, Correlation, Factor Analysis
