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ERIC Number: EJ1415466
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 27
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EISSN: EISSN-1308-1659
Cross-National Measurement of Mathematics Intrinsic Motivation: An Investigation of Measurement Invariance with MG-CFA and the Alignment Method across Fourteen Countries
Mahmut Sami Yigiter
Journal of Theoretical Educational Science, v17 n1 p1-27 2024
One of the main objectives of international large-scale assessments is to make comparisons between different countries, education policies, education systems, or subgroups. One of the main criteria for making comparisons between different groups is to ensure measurement invariance. The purpose of this study was to test the measurement invariance of the mathematics intrinsic motivation scale across 14 countries. For this purpose, the "students like learning mathematics" scale, which measures intrinsic motivation for mathematics, was included in the TIMSS 2019 cycle. The study sample consisted of a total of 152992 students, 70192 4th grade and 82800 8th grade students from 14 different countries participating in the TIMSS 2019 cycle. Measurement invariance was tested with Multi-Group Confirmatory Factor Analysis (MG-CFA) and Alignment Method. The mathematics intrinsic motivation scale provides only configural invariance according to MG-CFA at the 4th grade level, whereas the scale provides approximate invariance according to the alignment method. At the 8th grade level, the scale provides configural and metric invariance according to MG-CFA, whereas the scale provides approximate invariance according to the alignment method. The results indicate that the mathematics intrinsic motivation scale provides approximate measurement invariance at both grade levels and that comparisons can be made between the scores of the identified countries.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 4; Intermediate Grades; Grade 8; Junior High Schools; Middle Schools; Secondary Education; Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia; Chile; Hungary; Italy; Morocco; Japan; Portugal; Russia; Saudi Arabia; Singapore; South Africa; Sweden; Turkey; Pakistan
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study
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