ERIC Number: EJ919942
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Publication Date: 2011-May
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Development of the PRO-SDLS: A Measure of Self-Direction in Learning Based on the Personal Responsibility Orientation Model
Stockdale, Susan L.; Brockett, Ralph G.
Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, v61 n2 p161-180 May 2011
The purpose of this study was to develop a reliable and valid instrument to measure self-directedness in learning among college students based on an operationalization of the personal responsibility orientation (PRO) model of self-direction in learning. The resultant 25-item Personal Responsibility Orientation to Self-Direction in Learning Scale (PRO-SDLS) was found to be a highly reliable instrument in the selected sample of graduate and undergraduate education students. Confirmatory factor analysis established that a four latent variable model fit the data. Scores from the PRO-SDLS were significantly related to criterion variables thought to demonstrate self-direction and to a known instrument of self-direction while accounting for additional variance. Recommendations for further research in the ongoing process of scale validation and implications for practice are provided. (Contains 5 tables and 2 figures.)
Descriptors: Test Validity, Measures (Individuals), Factor Analysis, Test Construction, Test Reliability, Independent Study, Undergraduate Students, Student Responsibility, Graduate Students, Scores, Psychometrics, Student Characteristics, Self Efficacy, Student Motivation
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