A Reliability and Validity Investigation of the Mathematics Attribution Scale.

Powers, Stephen; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ307734

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1984

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A Reliability and Validity Investigation of the Mathematics Attribution Scale.

Powers, Stephen; And Others

Educational and Psychological Measurement, v44 n3 p733-37 Aut 1984

The Mathematics Attribution Scale-Algebra (MAS) was designed to assess attributions to ability, effort, task, and environment for success or failure in algebra. The study examined the reliability and validity of the MAS with high ability high school students. Results present a complicated picture of the psychometric properties of the MAS. (Author)

Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Algebra, Attitude Measures, Attribution Theory, Factor Analysis, Failure, High Schools, Success, Test Reliability, Test Validity

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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