SYSTEMS AND MOTIVATIONAL CLIMATES IN THE CLASS-ROOM - A CROSS-CULTURAL-ANALYSIS

Classroom interaction has been a permanent subject of discussion and p reoccupation. Many authors, from different theoretical viewpoints, mai ntain that this interaction, which is defined as a motivational system or class climate, influences the behavior, cognition and emotions of the participants. From a cognitive standpoint, two studies carried out in Spain and Venezuela are analyzed, attempting to establish the tran scultural validity of the factors derived from the Spanish study. In b oth, the sample consisted of approximately 1,700 students from sixth t o ninth grades. The original Spanish version of the CMC-1 questionnair e was used in the Spanish study and an adapted version, CMC-VENZ, in V enezuela. The internal consistency coefficients of the Venezuelan data were derived from the Spanish study. The data was analyzed factoriall y in both studies with the result that two partially different factori al structures were found.