Motivation and engagement in young children : how well does a high school conceptualization generalize to junior school?

Andrew J. Martin, Rhonda Craven, Geoff Munns

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    Abstract

    ![CDATA[The bulk of empirical research into student motivation and engagement has focused on high school students. Models and instrumentation abound in high school research conducted over the past four decades. The Motivation and Engagement Wheel and its associated instrument, the Motivation and Engagement Scale – High School (MES-HS; Martin, 2001, 2003, 2006a, in press), are recent offerings in this line of research. Previous work has validated the Wheel and demonstrated the psychometric properties of the MES-HS among high school students. The present study assesses the extent to which these findings are mirrored in younger students. Accordingly, the Motivation and Engagement Scale – Junior School (MES-JS; Martin, 2006b) was administered to 368 students in Years 5 and 6 in five Australian urban and rural junior (elementary/primary) schools. Factor structure, reliability, and the distributional properties of the scales were under focus with the particular purpose of assessing how well the high school conceptualization and instrumentation generalizes to junior school. Taken together, findings demonstrated a very good fit of the hypothesized model and instrument to junior school students.]]
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationFourth International Biennial SELF Research Conference. Ann Arbor, US, 23rd - 26th July, 2006. Proceedings: Self-concept, Motivation, Social and Personal Identity for the 21st century
    PublisherUniversity of Western Sydney, SELF Research Centre
    Number of pages1
    ISBN (Print)1741081483
    Publication statusPublished - 2006
    EventInternational Biennial SELF Research Conference -
    Duration: 13 Jan 2009 → …

    Conference

    ConferenceInternational Biennial SELF Research Conference
    Period13/01/09 → …

    Keywords

    • motivation in education
    • research
    • methodology
    • school children
    • high school students
    • attitudes

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