Lc. Pearson et Lm. Carey, THE ACADEMIC MOTIVATION PROFILE FOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT USE IN EVALUATING COLLEGE COURSES, The Journal of educational research, 88(4), 1995, pp. 220-227
Even though student ratings of instructors are widely used across coll
ege campuses, few instruments have the necessary psychometric properti
es of reliability and validity to permit the decisions for which they
are often used. Further, these instruments are rarely based on theory.
This research describes a new instrument, the Academic Motivation Pro
file, that is derived from theories of motivation. The instrument's de
velopment, psychometric properties, and its potential uses for improvi
ng instruction are discussed.