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Writing Motivation of College Students in Basic Writing and First-Year Composition Classes: Confirmatory Factor Analysis of Scales on Goals, Self-Efficacy, Beliefs, and Affect
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Zoi A. Traga Philippakos; Chuang Wang; Charles MacArthur – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2023
The purpose of the study was to validate a writing motivation questionnaire that consists of four scales for first-year college writers--students with low writing skills in basic writing classes and students in typical first-year composition (FYC)--to investigate differences between these two groups and to examine the relationship of motivational…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Motivation, Writing (Composition), Freshman Composition