donderdag 3 september 2015

Ability beliefs and subjective task values

Items used to assess children’s ability beliefs and subjective task values:


Ability beliefs Items

1. How good in math are you?
(not at all good - very good)

2. If you were to list all the students in your class from the worst to the best in math, where would you put yourself?
(one of the worst - one of the best)

3. Some kids are better in one subject than in another. For example, you might be better in math than in reading. Compared to most of your other school subjects, how good are you in math?
(a lot worse in math than in other subjects - a lot better in math than in other subjects)


Expectancy items

4. How well do you expect to do in math this year?
(not at all - well very well)

5. How good would you be at learning something new in math?
(not at all - good very good)


Usefulness, importance and Interest Items

1. Some things that you learn in school help you do things better outside of class, that is, they are useful. For example, learning about plants might help you grow a garden. In general, how useful is what you learn in math?
(not at all useful - very useful)

2. Compared to most of your other activities, how useful is what you learn in math?
(not at all useful - very useful)

3. For me, being good in math is
(not at all important - very important)

4. Compared to most of your other activities, how important is it for you to be good at math?
(not at all important - very important)

5. In general, I find working on math assignments
(very boring - very interesting)

6. How much do you like doing math?
(not at all - very much)

[ bron: http://acmd615.pbworks.com/f/ExpectancyValueTheory.pdf ]