Development and validation of scores from an instrument measuring student test-taking motivation

Educational and Psychological Measurement

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 643-656

  Eklöf, Hanna ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Construct validity; Expectancy value theory; Exploratory factor analysis; Scale development; Test taking motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745967547     PISSN: 00131644     EISSN: 15523888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0013164405278574     Document Type: Article

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