Homework Purpose Scale for High School Students: A Validation Study

Autor/in	Xu, Jianzhong
Titel	Homework Purpose Scale for High School Students: A Validation Study
Quelle	In: Educational and Psychological Measurement, 70 (2010) 3, S.459-476 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-1644
DOI	10.1177/0013164409344517
Schlagwörter	Homework; Factor Structure; Measures (Individuals); Factor Analysis; High School Students; Validity; Rural Areas; Urban Schools; Grade 11; Adolescents; Data Analysis; Teaching Methods; Teacher Attitudes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hausaufgabe; Faktorenstruktur; Messdaten; Faktorenanalyse; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Gültigkeit; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Urban area; Urban areas; School; Schools; Stadtregion; Stadt; Schule; School year 11; 11. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 11; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Auswertung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Lehrerverhalten
Abstract	The purpose of this study is to test the validity of scores on the Homework Purpose Scale using 681 rural and 306 urban high school students. First, confirmatory factor analysis was conducted on the rural sample. The results reveal that the Homework Purpose Scale comprises three separate yet related factors, including Learning-Oriented Reasons, Adult-Oriented Reasons, and Peer-Oriented Reasons. This factor structure is tested with the data from the urban sample. Given an adequate level of configural, factor loading, common error covariance, and intercept invariance, the difference between the group means is further tested. The results reveal that urban high school students, as compared with their rural counterparts, are more likely to do homework for adult-oriented reasons. (Contains 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10