Katherine Landau Wright|Tracey S. Hodges|Erin M. McTigue
A validation program for the Self-Beliefs, Writing-Beliefs, and Attitude Survey: A measure of adolescents' motivation toward writing
Boise State University|University of Alabama|University of Stavanger
recent findings reveal clear evidence students low performance writing tasks often related problems motivation writing curriculum interventions produce varying effects adolescents writing outcomes variations may mediated motivation however without valid tool measuring students motivation towards writing effects cannot quantified study present results multistudy validation program selfbeliefs writingbeliefs attitude survey swas measure designed monitoring students motivation towards writing well identifying variables mediate student achievement first addressed substantive validation thorough review research next study 1 established structural validity multiple types factor analyses establishing reliability coefficients instrument scores finally study 2 provide evidence external validity comparing students swas scores measures writing following procedures able establish swas provides valid measure students writing motivation instrument appropriate particularly important age group adolescent learners additionally process add theoretical base proposing new multidimensional model writing motivation