Evidence for the latent factor structure of the mslq: A new conceptualization of an established questionnaire

SAGE Open

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Hilpert, Jonathan C ^a   Stempien, Jennifer ^b   Van Der Hoeven Kraft, Katrien J ^c   Husman, Jenefer ^d  

^a Georgia Southern Uniuersity   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c Mesa Community College   (United States)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Factor analysis; Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ); Motivation; Self regulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84907291774     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21582440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2158244013510305     Document Type: Article

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