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Zofia Mazur-Socha; Mariola Laguna; Peter Gollwitzer – Music Education Research, 2024
This article reports on the development and validation of the Instrumental Practice Goal Realization Inventory (IPGRI) designed to assess the process of self-directed study, beginning with setting the intention to practice and ending with the evaluation of one's performance. This new tool is based on the theoretical model of action phases. The…
Descriptors: Music Education, Music Activities, Measures (Individuals), Test Construction
Gülsen, Cennet; Yalçinkaya, Münevver – Online Submission, 2020
The purpose of this study is to research the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of Designing my Future Scale developed by Di Maggio et al (2017) for the adolescents. Study had been carried out with 360 students in total who randomly selected from grades 9 and 10 from Namik Kemal High School, Bekir pasa High School and Erenköy High…
Descriptors: Likert Scales, Design, Goal Orientation, Adolescents
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Reyna, Jorge; Hanham, Jose; Vlachopoulos, Panos; Meier, Peter – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2019
This research is a validation study of a survey instrument to assess student self-regulation which aims to fill a methodological gap by capturing self-regulation processes while completing learner-generated digital media (LGDM) assignments. For this purpose, the study developed and validated a self-regulation learning questionnaire. Data were…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Test Validity, Questionnaires, Factor Structure
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Li, Jingguang; Zhao, Yajun; Kong, Feng; Du, Shuailing; Yang, Suyong; Wang, Song – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2018
This study sought to validate the Short Grit Scale (Grit-S), an instrument that measures perseverance and passion for long-term goals, among Chinese high school students. Confirmatory factor analyses revealed that the scale retains the two-factor structure of the original scale. The scale demonstrated satisfactory internal consistency and…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Adolescents, Program Validation, High School Students
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McDermott, Elana R.; Donlan, Alice E.; Zaff, Jonathan F.; Prescott, Jennifer E. – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2016
Youth who have disengaged from and subsequently returned to school are qualitatively different from students with continual educational enrollment. In this study, we examined the validity for two measures: the Adult Hope Scale (AHS) and Persistence in Goal Striving (PGS) Scale, among two samples of reengaged students (i.e., students who have…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Measures (Individuals), Reentry Students, Continuation Students
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Tas, Yasemin; Sungur, Semra; Oztekin, Ceren – International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2016
The aim of this study was to develop and validate Science Homework Scale (SHS) which assesses middle-school (grades 6-8) students' perceptions of teachers' homework practices and homework self-regulation in science. Students' perceptions of teachers' homework practices included homework quality and feedback on homework while students' homework…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Homework, Student Attitudes, Teaching Methods
Muis, Krista R.; Winne, Philip H. – Canadian Journal of Education, 2012
A program of research is necessary to examine the psychometric properties of instruments designed to measure individuals' achievement goal orientations. Recently, research on achievement goal orientation has examined the stability of achievement goals to assess how context might influence individuals' achievement goals. Accordingly, studies are…
Descriptors: Psychometrics, Questionnaires, Achievement Need, Goal Orientation
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Korkmaz, Ozgen; Kaya, Sinan – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2012
The purpose of this study is to determine online self-regulated learning levels of students by adapting "Online Self-Regulated Learning Scale" designed by Barnard and his colleagues into Turkish. Present study, irrespective of being a scale analysis, is at the same time a qualitative research. It is executed via scan model. Study group…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Technology, Test Construction, Test Validity
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Lizarraga, Maria Luisa Sanz De Acedo; Baquedano, Maria Teresa Sanz De Acedo; Oliver, Maria Soria; Closas, Antonio – British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2009
The "Decision-Making Questionnaire" (DMQ) was developed and validated in order to examine the factors that affect decision making. The investigation was carried out with two samples, one of 170 participants and the other of 425 of both sexes. Each sample was divided into three age ranges: young students (18-25 years), adults (26-60…
Descriptors: Females, Males, Factor Structure, Measures (Individuals)
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Vandewalle, Don – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1997
The development and validation of an instrument to assess goal orientation for the work domain are reported. Results of exploratory factor analysis, reliability analysis, confirmatory factor analysis, and nomological network analysis of results from 556 undergraduates all support the conclusion that the instrument operationalizes the theorized…
Descriptors: Employment, Factor Structure, Goal Orientation, Higher Education
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Mueller, Daniel J.; Kim, Kyung – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2004
This study tested the unidimensionality of the Tenacious Goal Pursuit (TGP) and Flexible Goal Adjustment (FGA) scales and examined the relationships of the factors measured in these scales with two criterion constructs (happiness and self-acceptance) and with age in a sample 292 adults (ranging from 50 to 90 years). Confirmatory factor analyses…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Factor Structure, Evaluation Methods, Goal Orientation
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