Factorial, convergent, and discriminant validity of timss math and science motivation measures: A comparison of arab and anglo-saxon countries

Journal of Educational Psychology

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 108-128

  Marsh, Herbert W ^a,b,c   Abduljabbar, Adel Salah ^b   Abu Hilal, Maher M ^d   Morin, Alexandre J S ^a   Abdelfattah, Faisal ^b   Leung, Kim Chau ^e   Xu, Man K ^f   Nagengast, Benjamin ^g   Parker, Philip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

^e THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cross cultural measurement invariance; Math and science gender difference; Math and science motivation; Negative item method effects; Trends in international mathematics and science study

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880966922     PISSN: 00220663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029907     Document Type: Article

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