Assessing Agency of University Students: Validation of the AUS Scale

Autor/inn/en	Jääskelä, Päivikki; Poikkeus, Anna-Maija; Vasalampi, Kati; Valleala, Ulla Maija; Rasku-Puttonen, Helena
Titel	Assessing Agency of University Students: Validation of the AUS Scale
Quelle	In: Studies in Higher Education, 42 (2017) 11, S.2061-2079 (19 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Jääskelä, Päivikki) ORCID (Rasku-Puttonen, Helena)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0307-5079
DOI	10.1080/03075079.2015.1130693
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; College Students; Student Empowerment; Likert Scales; Test Validity; Factor Analysis; Factor Structure; Test Construction; Student Interests; Student Motivation; Self Efficacy; Competence; Beliefs; Student Participation; Equal Education; Teacher Student Relationship; Peer Relationship; Trust (Psychology); Decision Making; Psychometrics; Questionnaires; Statistical Analysis; Finland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Collegestudent; Studienberechtigung; Likert-Skala; Testvalidität; Faktorenanalyse; Faktorenstruktur; Testaufbau; Studieninteresse; Schulische Motivation; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Kompetenz; Belief; Glaube; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Peer-Beziehungen; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Psychometry; Psychometrie; Fragebogen; Statistische Analyse; Finnland
Abstract	Fostering agency as a core component of professionalism is seen as a critical task of higher education. However, the tools for assessing university students' agency, and the pedagogical and relational resources needed for its development, are lacking. The present study describes the theoretical foundations and factor structure of the newly developed Agency of University Students (AUS) Scale, which assesses students' course-specific agency. In the factor analysis, 10 factors emerged. Four of these--Interest and motivation, Self-efficacy, Competence beliefs and Participation activity--are seen to represent individual resources of agency. The other four factors--Equal treatment, Teacher support, Peer support and Trust--represent relational sources of agency. Finally, Opportunities to influence and Opportunities to make choices represent contextual sources of agency. The psychometric properties and uses of the scale are discussed. (As Provided).
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