Self-regulated Learning Skills: Adaptation of Scale
Abstract
The aim of this study is to adapt and examine the psychometric properties of Achievement Goal Scale (AGS) originally constructed by Elliot and McGregor (2001) and the Motivated Strategies for Learning Scale (MSLQ) originally constructed by Pintrich, Smith, Garcia and McKeachie (1991) in order to measure the self-regulated learning skills of high school students' in a chemistry course. The study group was comprised of 862 high school students attending a chemistry course in different public schools. The construct validity of the sub-scales included in the scales were tested by confirmatory factor analysis. For the reliability studies, the internal consistency coefficient Cronbach's alpha (α) values as well as McDonald's ω (omega) coefficients were calculated. In addition, item-total correlations were calculated for the reliability of each item in the scales. When the confirmatory factor analysis results were examined, it was accepted that the fit indices met the goodness of fit criteria for both the Achievement Goal Scale and Motivated Strategies for Learning Scale. Factor loadings of the items in both scales were statistically significant. These results showed that the Turkish forms of both scales have enough psychometric properties in terms of validity and reliability for a chemistry course.
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
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Journal Section
Research Article
Authors
Şenol Sen
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0000-0003-3831-3953
Türkiye
Ayhan Yılmaz
This is me
0000-0003-4252-5510
Türkiye
Ömer Geban
This is me
0000-0002-9433-0056
Türkiye
Publication Date
December 28, 2018
Submission Date
June 29, 2018
Acceptance Date
October 13, 2018
Published in Issue
Year 2018 Volume: 9 Number: 4