A NOTE ON THE RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY OF A 30-ITEM VERSION OF ENTWISTLE AND TAITS REVISED APPROACHES TO STUDYING INVENTORY

Background. The Approaches to Studying Inventory is a widely used inst rument, devised to measure individual differences in learning, and has recently undergone revision. No published work reports the psychometr ic properties of the Revised Approaches to Studying Inventory (RASI). Aims. The study aims to determine the reliability and validity of the scores produced by a short-form, 30-item RASI. Sample, The sample cons isted of 356 undergraduate students (204 females, 125 males, 27 anonym ous responses) enrolled in the Faculty of Business at a medium-sized U K university. A total of 101 were aged 25 years or over, 228 were aged under 25 years. Methods, The internal consistency reliability of the scores produced by the RASI is established by the calculation of alpha coefficients. The construct validity of the scores produced by the in strument is established by oblique factor analysis of the 12 subscales and then the 30 items. Results, Evidence of moderate to high internal consistency reliability and satisfactory construct validity. Conclusi ons, This short-version of the RASI can be recommended to researchers, staff developers and teachers as a useful instrument to measure appro aches to learning.