紀要論文

Dimensionality in the Measurement of the Two-Axis Model of Learning Motivation

二要因モデルに基づいた学習動機の質問紙票の検討

eng

04412486

https://doi.org/10.15002/00008233

法政大学文学部

65

71

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2012-10

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The purpose of the current study was to examine the dimensionality and factorial structure of the two-axis model of learning motivation (Ichikawa, 1995, 2001). The model posits six factors aligned along two axes that account for the degree of the importance of course content and the utility of learning outcomes. The two axes (two levels for importance of content and three levels for utility of learning outcomes) involve six factors: Fulfillment, Training, and Practicality for higher importance of content, and Relation, Self-respect, and Reward for lower importance of content. Two-hundred-forty 2nd-year Japanese university students completed a 36-item questionnaire that measured the six factors posited in the model. The results of factor analyses revealed that five of the scales were sufficiently unidimensional, while one scale exhibited a possible second dimension. Deleting three items per scale resulted in clear, unambiguous factor loadings. The findings suggest that some of the questionnaire items should be revised or removed to improve the psychometric properties of the testing instrument.

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