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Download full textZrinka Fišer; Luka Pongracic – Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research, 2025
Researchers have been investigating motivation to learn second (L2) and foreign (FL) languages for decades, starting with the socio-educational model, moving on to the multi-dimensional model of motivational variables, and currently incorporating the complex dynamic system theory (CDST). The study examined changes in Dörnyei's L2 Motivational…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Factor Analysis
Direct linkStoa, Rosalyn; Chu, Tsz Lun; Gurung, Regan A. R. – Teaching of Psychology, 2022
Identifying impediments to learning can help both instructors and students. In this study students (N = 222) from across the nation listed concepts from research methods they found the most challenging--"potholes" or impediments to learning, and also rated the difficulty of various concepts from the class. We also measured student…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Research Methodology, Psychology, Difficulty Level
Méndez Hinojosa, Luz Marina; Segura Arévalo, María Leticia – European Journal of Educational Research, 2022
In higher education, it is essential that students apply what they have learned to solve problems in their community. Meaningful learning is the main means to increase the accumulation of knowledge and achieve the transfer of learning, which is why the present study aimed to: design and evaluate the psychometric properties of a scale that measures…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Learning Strategies, Factor Analysis, Measures (Individuals)
Villarreal-Fernández, Jorge Eliécer; Arroyave-Giraldo, Dora Inés – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2022
Introduction: The objective of this work is to present the results of the adaptation and validation process of the Motivated Scale Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ) in university students in Colombia. Method: The research is framed in the so-called instrumental studies, which seek to adapt, validate and analyze the psychometric properties of an…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Learning Strategies, Questionnaires, Factor Analysis
Dorn, Brian; Elliott Tew, Allison – Computer Science Education, 2015
Student attitudes play an important role in shaping learning experiences. However, few validated instruments exist for measuring student attitude development in a discipline-specific way. In this paper, we present the design, development, and validation of the computing attitudes survey (CAS). The CAS is an extension of the Colorado Learning…
Descriptors: Computer Attitudes, Student Attitudes, Student Surveys, Factor Analysis
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
Weber, Keith; Martin, Matthew M.; Myers, Scott A. – Communication Education, 2011
This article presents the Instructional Beliefs Model which forwards that teacher behaviors, student characteristics, and course-specific structural issues combine to influence students' instructional beliefs. Through these instructional beliefs, the first-order variables influence student learning outcomes. Three studies were conducted to…
Descriptors: Teacher Behavior, Student Characteristics, Course Organization, Student Attitudes
Köksal, Mustafa Serdar; Yaman, Süleyman – Acta Didactica Napocensia, 2013
The expectancy-value model of motivation states that individuals' choice, persistence and performances are related to their beliefs about how much they value task. Despite the importance of "task value" in learning biology, lack of the instruments on task value for high school biology courses for practical use indicated requirement to…
Descriptors: Biology, Science Instruction, Test Construction, Secondary School Science
Lin, Tzung-Jin; Tan, Aik Ling; Tsai, Chin-Chung – International Journal of Science Education, 2013
Due to the scarcity of cross-cultural comparative studies in exploring students' self-efficacy in science learning, this study attempted to develop a multi-dimensional science learning self-efficacy (SLSE) instrument to measure 316 Singaporean and 303 Taiwanese eighth graders' SLSE and further to examine the differences between the two student…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Self Efficacy, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Differences
King, Paul E.; Schrodt, Paul; Weisel, Jessica J. – Communication Education, 2009
Theoretical perspectives on the efficacy of instructional feedback suggest that there should be significant variation in students' perceptions of and responses to feedback messages. Yet, little effort has been made to either uncover the perceptual dimensions by which students evaluate feedback, or to measure students' perceptions of feedback. The…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Classroom Communication, Measures (Individuals), Validity
Creasey, Gary; Jarvis, Patricia; Knapcik, Elyse – International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2009
There is a need for an instrument that assesses student-instructor relationships as many experts speculate that close, non-threatening relationships between students and instructors predict positive achievement orientations, academic progress and success. In this paper, we present reliability and additional validity data concerning the…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Measures (Individuals), Test Reliability, Test Validity
Gilles, L. Talbot – 1994
This study was conducted to pre-validate the Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ), the Learning and Study Skills Inventory (LASSI), and the Test of Reactions and Adaptations to College (TRAC) on a sample of students (N=103) from the population of psychology majors at Champlain Regional College, Saint Lawrence campus. The purpose…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Attitude Change, Attitude Measures, College Faculty
