Abstract
This article outlines the construction and validation of the Goal Orientation and Learning Strategies Survey (GOALS-S). This 84-item survey was designed to measure students' motivational goal orientations and their cognitive and metacognitive strategies. Results of first-order confirmatory factor analyses (CFAs) supported the factorial validity of the GOALS-S scales measuring students' goals and strategies (with goodness-of-fit indices in post-hoc models ranging from .908 to .981). In addition, higher order CFAs (HCFAs) support hierarchical structure of the GOALS-S scales (with goodness-of-fit indices ranging from .904 to .980). Finally, tests of invariance supported the factorial stability of the GOALS-S scales across gender groups (with goodness-of-fit indices ranging from .901 to .981).
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 290-310 |
| Number of pages | 21 |
| Journal | Educational and Psychological Measurement |
| Volume | 64 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Publication status | Published - 2004 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Cognitive strategies
- Confirmatory factor analysis
- Goal orientations
- Metacognitive strategies