Cross-cultural validity of the “Classroom Motivational Climate Questionnaire”: comparison between French and Spanish students

The objective of this study was to obtain evidence about the cross-cultural validity of the “Classroom Motivational Climate Questionnaire” (CMCQ), developed recently for Secondary and High-School students. With this purpose, French and Spanish Secondary and High School students’ results were compare...

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Autores: Villasana, Mercedes, Alonso Tapia, Jesús
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:España
Institución:Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Repositorio:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/668150
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10486/668150
https://dx.doi.org/10.1387/RevPsicodidact.13034
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Classroom motivational climate
Assessment of motivation
Success expectancies
Learning motivation
Student’s satisfaction
Clima motivacional de clase
Evaluación motivacional
Expectativas de éxito
Motivación por aprender
Satisfacción del alumno
Educación
Psicología
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Sumario:The objective of this study was to obtain evidence about the cross-cultural validity of the “Classroom Motivational Climate Questionnaire” (CMCQ), developed recently for Secondary and High-School students. With this purpose, French and Spanish Secondary and High School students’ results were compared. A total of 749 French students formed the group to be compared with the original Spanish sample. To validate the CMCQ, confirmatory factor analyses, reliability and correlation and regression analyses were made. The results showed that CMCQ is a reliable and valid instrument to measure motivational climate in France as in Spain. It allows detecting which learning patterns can to be changed for improvement, and predicts to a large extent the satisfaction level with the teacher. Likewise it showed some existing differences between Spanish and French students in the motivational role attributed to some teacher’s strategies, differences whose theoretical and practical implications are discussed.