Building a House From Lego Blocks: Using Cross Cultural Validation to Develop the Constructed Motivation Questionnaire (CMQS) in Science

Soeharto Soeharto; Benő Csapó

doi:10.15823/p.2021.142.12

Building a House From Lego Blocks: Using Cross Cultural Validation to Develop the Constructed Motivation Questionnaire (CMQS) in Science

Authors

Soeharto Soeharto University of Szeged, Hungary
Benő Csapó University of Szeged, Hungary

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15823/p.2021.142.12

Keywords:

motivation for learning science, validation, constructed questionnaires, factor analysis

Abstract

This study focuses on constructing an instrument based on cross cultural validation. The constructed motivation questionnaire (CMQS) in science to measure student motivation. Exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) were achieved with acceptable criteria. The reliability of latent factors in the CMQS ranges from 0.828 to 0.967. There is no significant bias based on gender. The details about assessment for all latent factors were discussed in the full article.

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Published

2023-09-18

How to Cite

Soeharto, S., & Csapó, B. (2023). Building a House From Lego Blocks: Using Cross Cultural Validation to Develop the Constructed Motivation Questionnaire (CMQS) in Science. Pedagogika / Pedagogy, 142(2), 218–241. https://doi.org/10.15823/p.2021.142.12