Estudio inicial de las propiedades psicométricas de las escalas motivacionales del PALS (Patterns of Adaptive Learning Scales) centradas en el alumno

  1. Fermín Torrano 1
  2. María Carmen González-Torres 2
  1. 1 Universidad Internacional de La Rioja
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    Universidad Internacional de La Rioja

    Logroño, España

    ROR https://ror.org/029gnnp81

  2. 2 Universidad de Navarra
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    Universidad de Navarra

    Pamplona, España

    ROR https://ror.org/02rxc7m23

Journal:
Estudios pedagógicos

ISSN: 0716-050X,  0718-0705

Year of publication: 2016

Volume: 42

Issue: 3

Type: Article

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Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to carry out an initial validation study of the motivational scales of the Patterns of Adaptive Learning Scales (PALS) focusing on the student. The sample was composed of 374 Spanish students from 8° grade of middle-school. For this task, we focused on different procedures of analysis: we made confirmatory and exploratory factorial analysis. On the other hand, we calculate psychometric indexes, and the internal consistency. The results show that our version has the appropriate characteristics to be used on the educational practice and in the motivational research of secondary education students. However, the difficulties found to differentiate the "approach-avoidance" dimensions from the performance goals make us be prudent and recommend future studies of validation in such direction.

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