The Expectancy-Value-Cost Light Scale to Measure Motivation of Students in Computing Courses

Autor/inn/en	Schoeffel, Pablo; Ramos, Vinicius F. C.; Cechinel, Cristian; Wazlawick, Raul Sidnei
Titel	The Expectancy-Value-Cost Light Scale to Measure Motivation of Students in Computing Courses
Quelle	In: Informatics in Education, 21 (2022) 1, S.91-111 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1648-5831
Schlagwörter	Student Motivation; Computer Science Education; Factor Analysis; Student Attitudes; Correlation; Reliability; Rating Scales; Dropout Rate; Academic Failure; Undergraduate Students; Item Analysis; State Universities; Private Colleges; Foreign Countries; Brazil + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schulische Motivation; Computer science lessons; Informatikunterricht; Faktorenanalyse; Schülerverhalten; Korrelation; Reliabilität; Rating-Skala; Itemanalyse; Staatliche Universität; Privathochschule; Ausland; Brasilien
Abstract	This paper proposes and validates a short and simple Expectancy-Value-Cost scale, called EVC Light. The scale measures the motivation of students in computing courses, allowing the easy and weekly application across a course. One of the factors related directly to the high rate of failure and dropout in computing courses is student motivation. However, measuring motivation is complex, there are several scales already carried out to do that job, but only a few of them consider the longitudinal follow-up of motivation throughout the courses. The EVC Light was applied to 245 undergraduate students from four universities. The Omega coefficient, scale items intercorrelation, item-total correlation, and factor analysis are used to validate and measure the reliability of the instrument. Confirmatory and exploratory factor analyses supported the structure, consistency, and validity of the EVC Light scale. Moreover, a significant relationship between motivation and student results was identified, based mainly on the Expectancy and Cost factors. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01