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Jones, Brett D.; Wilkins, Jesse L. M. – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2023
The purpose of this study was to investigate the validity evidence for the use of the 19-item and 20-item short forms of the MUSIC Model of Academic Motivation Inventory (College Student version) with undergraduate students. These shorter forms of the MUSIC Inventory could be beneficial to teachers and researchers. Our analysis included inventory…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Learning Motivation, Test Length, Undergraduate Students
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Wang, Ying; Lewis, Scott E. – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2022
Prior research has demonstrated the important role of chemistry students' affect in academic performance. Likert-scale surveys are the most prevalent tools to measure students' affect within chemistry education research, however, data collected through a Likert-scale survey may exhibit response style bias which can hinder accurately measuring…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Instruction, Learning Motivation, Q Methodology
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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
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Liu, Chang – English Language Teaching, 2020
The study investigated secondary vocational school students' motivational level to learn English and the demotivating factors perceived by them in the current school stage. To this end, questionnaires were administered to students in a national key secondary vocational school located in Shanxi, China and 62 valid questionnaires were collected. The…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Secondary School Students, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Cigdemoglu, Ceyhan – Science Education International, 2020
The aim of this paper was to investigate the effect of the use of science, technology, and society (STS) issues through flipped and traditional learning environments on students' motivation to learn chemistry as well as their chemical literacy (CL). Two freshman engineering classes totaling 89 students taught by the same instructor enrolled in a…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Instruction, Intervention, Teaching Methods
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Shaakumeni, Simson N.; Csapó, Beno – African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2018
The aim of the present study was to examine the psychometric properties of a questionnaire adapted from Students' Motivation Towards Science Learning questionnaire developed by Tuan and colleagues, to assess motivation to learn science among Namibian Grade 12 students (N = 755). The overall reliability of the scores on the 19-item questionnaire…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Science Education, Factor Analysis, Psychometrics
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Hauze, Sean; Marshall, James – International Journal on E-Learning, 2020
Motivation to learn is an important component of education, particularly in the field of educational technology in which the instructor's physical presence is increasingly absent. The complexity of the many factors that contribute to student motivation renders this domain difficult to measure. The Instructional Materials Motivation Survey (IMMS)…
Descriptors: Instructional Materials, Nursing Education, Validity, Reliability
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Kim, Tae-Young; Kim, Youngmi; Kim, Ji-Young – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2019
The current study aims to explore the influence of resilience on (de)motivation and second language proficiency among elementary school students in South Korea. A total of 367 sixth-grade students completed questionnaires at three elementary schools. The data were analyzed with factor analysis and structural equation modeling (SEM). The results…
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), Elementary School Students, Student Motivation, Language Proficiency
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Kim, Tae-Young; Kim, Youngmi; Kim, Ji-Young – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2017
The purpose of the study is to explore the structural relationships among second language (L2) proficiency and the constructs of L2 learners' resilience, motivation, and demotivation. A total of 869 undergraduate students in South Korea participated in the study. The data were analyzed by means of factor analysis, correlations, and structural…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Second Language Learning, Student Motivation
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Jafari Pazoki, Saeedeh; Alemi, Minoo – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2020
Needs analysis is the key step to designing relevant and useful courses in English for Specific Purposes (ESP), but finding ways to deliver needs in a motivating and interesting way is also paramount. Therefore, investigating students' motivation to learn ESP is central in needs analysis. Few studies have investigated needs from the perspective of…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Student Attitudes, English for Special Purposes, Second Language Instruction
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Sánchez de Miguel, Manuel; Lizaso, Izarne; Hermosilla, Daniel; Alcover, Carlos-Maria; Goudas, Marios; Arranz-Freijó, Enrique – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2017
Background: Research has shown that self-determination theory can be useful in the study of motivation in sport and other forms of physical activity. The Perceived Locus of Causality (PLOC) scale was originally designed to study both. Aim: The current research presents and validates the new PLOC-U scale to measure academic motivation in the…
Descriptors: Validity, Factor Analysis, Learning Motivation, Goodness of Fit
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Liu, Yujuan; Raker, Jeffrey R.; Lewis, Jennifer E. – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2018
Academic Motivation Scale-Chemistry (AMS-Chemistry), an instrument based on the self-determination theory, was used to evaluate students' motivation in two organic chemistry courses, where one course was primarily lecture-based and the other implemented flipped classroom and peer-led team learning (Flip-PLTL) pedagogies. Descriptive statistics…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Organic Chemistry, Blended Learning, Learning Motivation
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Takahashi, Tomoharu – Issues in Educational Research, 2018
Since Rwanda decided that from 2009 English will be the sole medium of instruction from upper level primary school onwards, motivation for learning English has become an especially important issue. Therefore this study investigated motivation for Rwandan primary and secondary school students to learn English. The study was carried out in Nyagatare…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Motivation, Learning Motivation, English (Second Language)
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Usta, H. Gonca – Journal of Education and Practice, 2017
The relationship between individuals' academic success, motivation and self-confidence and self-efficacy levels cannot be ignored. The aim of this study is to develop and test a theoretical model considering the relationship between academic motivation, self-confidence and self-efficacy levels in transition from middle school to high school. For…
Descriptors: Correlation, Scores, Academic Achievement, Student Motivation
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Kwon, Hyuksoo – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2016
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of motivation to learn technology, as perceived by South Korean middle school students, on their attitudes toward engineering. Using the instruments of Glynn et al. (2011) and Lee (2008), the study focused on eighth and ninth grade students in four middle schools located in South Korea's…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Student Motivation, Learning Motivation, Student Attitudes
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