A Cross-Validation Study of the School Attitude Assessment Survey (SAAS).

Autor/in	McCoach, D. Betsy
Titel	A Cross-Validation Study of the School Attitude Assessment Survey (SAAS).
Quelle	(2000), (28 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Adolescents; Attitude Measures; Construct Validity; High School Students; High Schools; Low Achievement; Middle School Students; Middle Schools; Peer Relationship; Questionnaires; Self Concept; Student Attitudes; Student Motivation; Test Construction + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Unterdurchschnittliche Leistung; Middle school; Middle schools; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Peer-Beziehungen; Fragebogen; Selbstkonzept; Schülerverhalten; Schulische Motivation; Testaufbau
Abstract	Factors commonly associated with underachievement in the research literature include low self-concept, low self-motivation/self-regulation, negative attitude toward school, and negative peer influence. This study attempts to isolate these four factors within a secondary school population. The purpose of the study was to design a valid and reliable instrument to measure adolescents' academic self-perceptions, attitudes toward school, motivation/self-regulation, and perceived peer attitude in order to understand the underachievement of able youth more fully. The School Attitude Assessment Survey (SAAS) attempted to isolate these factors within a secondary school population. This paper presents the results of the cross-validation of the SAAS pilot study involving 942 students from 1 middle school and 2 high schools and presents evidence of the validity and reliability of the SAAS for use with secondary school students. The cross-validation also lends credence to the construct validity of the four-factor model. An appendix contains the SAAS instrument. (Contains 52 references.) (SLD)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC