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Adapting the Academic Motivation Scale for Use in Pre-Tertiary Mathematics Classrooms
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Lim, Siew Yee; Chapman, Elaine – Mathematics Education Research Journal, 2015
The Academic Motivation Scale (AMS) is a comprehensive and widely used instrument for assessing motivation based on the self-determination theory. Currently, no such comprehensive instrument exists to assess the different domains of motivation (stipulated by the self-determination theory) in mathematics education at the pre-tertiary level (grades…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Classroom Techniques, Classroom Environment, Motivation
TOCUSO: Test of Conceptual Understanding on High School Optics Topics
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Akarsu, Bayram – European Journal of Physics Education, 2012
Physics educators around the world often need reliable diagnostic materials to measure students' understanding of physics concept in high school. The purpose of this study is to evaluate a new diagnostic tool on High School Optics concept. Test of Conceptual Understanding on High School Optics (TOCUSO) consists of 25 conceptual items that measures…
Descriptors: High Schools, Secondary School Science, Optics, Concept Teaching
The Development and Validation of the Self-Regulation Strategy Inventory--Self-Report
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Cleary, Timothy J. – Journal of School Psychology, 2006
The primary purpose of this study was to develop and gather initial psychometric information regarding the Self-Regulation Strategy Inventory--Self-Report (SRSI-SR), a self-report measure of students' use of specific self-regulation strategies. Information regarding the scales' factor structure, convergent and discriminant validity, differential…
Descriptors: Program Development, Program Validation, Measurement Techniques, Psychometrics