DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF A QUESTIONNAIRE
TO ASSESS ACADEMIC LEARNING MOTIVATION
THROUGH MEASURING REGULATION STYLES
AMONG INDONESIAN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
WITRIANI SOEGIJARDJO1
WISMANINGSIH SUDRADJAT
SUDARMO WIYONO
FACULTY OF PSYCHOLOGY
UNIVERSITAS PADJADJARAN
BANDUNG
INDONESIA
ABST RACT
Fai l ur e t o complet e st udi es on t ime was r el at ed t o l ack of mot i vat i on f or academi c l ear ni ng. Based on Sel f-Det er mi nat i on Theor y (SDT; Deci &Ryan, 2000), a quest i onnair e was const r uct ed t o measur e mot i vat i on r angi ng f r om amot i vat i on (non sel f -det er mi ned behavi or ) t o i nt r i nsi c mot i vat i on (sel f-det er mi ned). It ems wer e const ruct ed and t est ed on t wo t r yout s (N1=432, N2=392). Cont ent val i di t y was obt ai ned
t hr ough exami nat i on of a panel of exper t s. Const r uct val i di t y, r el i abi l i t y (
>0. 7), and i t em anal ysi s wer e comput ed resul t i ng i n 94 i t ems measur i ng si x Regul at i on St yl es. The quest i onnai r e i s val i d t o det ect st r engt hs and weaknesses i n l ear ni ng mot i vat i on whi ch can be used f or i nt er vent i ons t o over come r el at ed pr obl ems.Keywor ds: mot i vat i on, academi c l ear ni ng, Sel f Det er mi nat i on Theor y, uni ver si t y st udent s
INTRODUCTION
mat erial , specif ic mat erial, int er est ing/ chal l enging t asks). What f act ors t rul y mot ivat e st udent s t o st udy, and what f act ors enhance their mot ivat ion t o st udy? This research was i nt ended t o const ruct measures f or answer ing t hese quest ions, based on t he Sel f -Det erminat ion Theory (Deci & Ryan, 1985, 2000).
PURPOSE
The aim of t hi s research was to devel op a research i nst rument which is abl e t o descr ibe t he academic mot ivat ion of t he universit y st udent s, especi al l y Univer sit y of Padj adj aran st udents, by measuri ng t heir r egul at ion st yl es. This Regul at ion St yl e quest ionnaire describes t he mot ivat ion t hrough six regul ation st yl es: non-regul at ion, ext er nal regul at ion, i nt roj ect ed regul at ion, ident if ied r egul at ion, int egr at ed regul at ion, and int ri nsic r egul at ion.
METHOD
f inal set of val id and rel iable it ems. SPSS (St at ist ical Package f or Social Science) sof t war e 14. 0 was used f or al l comput at ions.
The inst rument was t hen used to assess t he regul at ion st yl es of t he Facul t y of Psychol ogy st udent s (year 2005). A norm was made usi ng t he RAI (Rel at ive Aut onomy Index – a combinat ion of weight ed Regul at ion St yl e scores which describe t he degree aut onomy, Grol nick & Ryan, 1989). Int erpret at ion of t he i ndividual s or group coul d be made based on RAI or t he Regul at ion St yl e prof il e.
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
Cont ent val i di t y of t he const ruct ed it ems was obt ained t hrough an
Tabl e 1. Rel iabil it y (af t er Fact or Analysis)
REGULAT ION ST YLES
NON-REG EXTERNAL INTROJECTED IDENTIFIED INTEGRATED INTRINSIC
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