Students’ Motivation to Learn Professionally Oriented Disciplines: Experience of an Empirical Research
Keywords:
motivation to learn, adaptation of scale, validity, reliability
Abstract
The paper presents the results of pilot investigation of students’ motivation to learn professionally oriented disciplines. The attempt to adapt Science Motivation Questionnaire (SMQ), proposed by S. Glynn and T. Koballa and to asses its reliability and validity was realized during this research. Directions of refinement of the scale and possibility of its use in further sociological investigations are defined.
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3. Christophel D.M. The relationships among teacher immediacy behaviors, students motivation, and learning / Diane M. Christophel // Communication education. – 1990. – Vol. 39. – P. 323-340.
4. Svinicki M.D. New directions in learning and motivation / Marilla D. Svinicki // New Directions for Teaching and Learning. – 1999. – Vol. 1999, № 80. – P.5-27.
5. Е.М.Ваврук Про мотивацію і мотиви навчання математики / Е. М. Ваврук // Дидактика математики: Проблеми і дослідження. Міжнародний збірник наукових праць. — 2005. — №24. — С. 146-153.
6. Glynn S.M. Motivation to learn college science / Shawn M. Glynn, Thomas R. Koballa // Handbook of College Science Teaching [ed. by Joel J. Mintzes, Willian H. Leonard]. — Arlington, VA: National Science Teachers Association Press, 2006. — P. 25-32.
7. Ng K.T. Development of a questionnaire to evaluate students’ perceived motivation towards science learning incorporating ICT tool / Khar Thoe Ng, Seng Than Soon, Soon Fook Fong // Malaysian Journal of Educational Technology. — 2010. — Vol. 10, №1. — P. 39-55.
8. Pintrich P.R. Reliability and predictive validity of the Motivation Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ) / Paul R. Pintrich, David A. F. Smith, Teresa Garcia, Wilbert J. McKeachie // Educational and Psychological Measurement. — 1993. — Vol.53, №3. — P. 801-813.
9. Glynn S.M. Nonscience majors learning science: A theoretical model of motivation / Shawn M. Glynn, Gita Taasoobshirazi, Peggy Brickman // Journal of Research in Science Teaching. — 2007. — Vol. 44, №8. — P. 1088-1107.
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Published
2019-08-29
How to Cite
Malysh, L. (2019). Students’ Motivation to Learn Professionally Oriented Disciplines: Experience of an Empirical Research. Visnyk of V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University. Series "Sociological Studies of Contemporary Society: Methodology, Theory, methods", (993), 162-167. Retrieved from https://periodicals.karazin.ua/ssms/article/view/14079
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Researches of the Problems of Youth and Education
