Motivation and Engagement in Jamaica: Testing a Multidimensional Framework among Students in an Emerging Regional Context

Autor/inn/en	Martin, Andrew J.; Martin, Tamica G.; Evans, Paul
Titel	Motivation and Engagement in Jamaica: Testing a Multidimensional Framework among Students in an Emerging Regional Context
Quelle	In: Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 36 (2018) 3, S.233-248 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0734-2829
DOI	10.1177/0734282916674424
Schlagwörter	Learner Engagement; Middle School Students; High School Students; Foreign Countries; Student Motivation; Factor Analysis; Factor Structure; Correlation; Psychometrics; Grade 5; Grade 6; Grade 7; Grade 8; Models; Cross Cultural Studies; Comparative Education; Student Surveys; Statistical Analysis; Maximum Likelihood Statistics; Jamaica; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; High school; High schools; Oberschule; Studentin; Ausland; Schulische Motivation; Faktorenanalyse; Faktorenstruktur; Korrelation; Psychometry; Psychometrie; School year 05; 5. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 05; School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; Analogiemodell; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Vergleichende Erziehungswissenschaft; Schülerbefragung; Statistische Analyse; Australien
Abstract	This study explored motivation and engagement among 585 Jamaican middle and high school students. Motivation and engagement were assessed via students' responses to the Motivation and Engagement Scale. Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) found satisfactory fit, and by most measures, multigroup CFA demonstrated comparable factor structure for males and females, younger and older students, lower and higher socio-economic groups, and Jamaican students compared with a randomly selected sample of 585 Australian students from a normative archive data set. Correlations with a set of validational factors (e.g., engagement, achievement) were also in line with previous research. Taken together, findings suggest that motivation and engagement instrumentation that has received psychometric support in other national and regional contexts also generalizes to students in an emerging regional context (Jamaica). (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01