Construct validation of the motivated strategies for learning questionnaire in a Singapore high school sample

Chiu Wai Chow, Elaine Stella Chapman

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In this study, the construct validity of the Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ) was assessed. Participants were 441 Year 11 students in Singapore. Three separate confirmatory factor analyses were conducted for each section of the MSLQ (motivation and learning strategies). Results indicated that the original factor structures proposed by the instrument developers produced the best model fit. Cronbach α coefficients were also acceptable for all but one of the individual scales. Correlations with the Revised Learning Process Questionnaire—Two Factor and physics achievement scores also aligned with the theoretical basis of the MSLQ. These results confirmed the potential utility of this instrument for assessing the motivation and learning strategies of secondary students in Singapore.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)107-123
JournalJournal of Educational and Developmental Psychology
Volume7
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2017

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Chow, Chiu Wai ; Chapman, Elaine Stella. / Construct validation of the motivated strategies for learning questionnaire in a Singapore high school sample. In: Journal of Educational and Developmental Psychology. 2017 ; Vol. 7, No. 2. pp. 107-123.
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Chow, CW & Chapman, ES 2017, 'Construct validation of the motivated strategies for learning questionnaire in a Singapore high school sample' Journal of Educational and Developmental Psychology, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 107-123. https://doi.org/10.5539/jedp.v7n2p107, https://doi.org/10.5539/jedp.v7n2p107

Construct validation of the motivated strategies for learning questionnaire in a Singapore high school sample. / Chow, Chiu Wai; Chapman, Elaine Stella.

In: Journal of Educational and Developmental Psychology, Vol. 7, No. 2, 2017, p. 107-123.

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Chow CW, Chapman ES. Construct validation of the motivated strategies for learning questionnaire in a Singapore high school sample. Journal of Educational and Developmental Psychology. 2017;7(2):107-123. https://doi.org/10.5539/jedp.v7n2p107, https://doi.org/10.5539/jedp.v7n2p107

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