STUDENT OPINION SURVEY - DEVELOPMENT OF MEASURES OF STUDENT MOTIVATION

This research describes the development of measures of student motivat ion. Using the expectancy-value model of motivation as a theoretical r ationale, instruments were developed to measure self-efficacy and atti tudes toward the importance of learning in general, science, mathemati cs, and reading/English of elementary, middle, and secondary students. The instruments were validated with existing measures and teacher rat ings of students. Results of die multitrait-multimethod analyses indic ated acceptable construct-related evidence for validity. Stability est imates of reliability fanged from .56 to .88 for the elementary school form, .67 to .89 for the middle school form, and .69 to .88 for the h igh school form. Conclusions and recommendations for further developme nt are indicated.