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The Development and Validation of the Goal Orientation and Learning Strategies Survey (GOALS-S)
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Dowson, Martin; McInerney, Dennis M. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2004
This article outlines the construction and validation of the Goal Orientation and Learning Strategies Survey (GOALS-S). This 84-item survey was designed to measure students' motivational goal orientations and their cognitive and metacognitive strategies. Results of first-order confirmatory factor analyses (CFAs) supported the factorial validity of…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Learning Strategies, Goal Orientation, Surveys
Facilitating Conditions for School Motivation: Construct Validity and Applicability
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McInerney, Dennis M.; Dowson, Martin; Yeung, Alexander Seeshing – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2005
Elementary students (n = 277, in Grades 5-6) and high school students (n = 615, in Grades 7-12) responded to 26 items of McInerneys Facilitating Conditions Questionnaire (FCQ). Confirmatory factor analyses of the FCQ found seven distinct factors underlying these items. These were perceived value of schooling (Value), affect toward schooling…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Construct Validity, Motivation Techniques, Elementary School Students