The Expectancy-Value-Cost Light Scale to Measure Motivation of Students in Computing Courses
The Expectancy-Value-Cost Light Scale to Measure Motivation of Students in Computing Courses
Author(s): Pablo Schoeffel, Cristian Cechinel, Raul Sidnei Wazlawick, F. C. Vinicius RamosSubject(s): Higher Education , Cognitive Psychology, Methodology and research technology, Social Informatics, ICT Information and Communications Technologies
Published by: Vilniaus Universiteto Leidykla
Keywords: computer science education; social factors; higher education; student perception; motivation;
Summary/Abstract: This paper proposes and validates a short and simple Expectancy-Value-Cost scale, called EVC Light. The scale measures the motivation of students in computing courses, allowing the easy and weekly application across a course. One of the factors related directly to the high rate of failure and dropout in computing courses is student motivation. However, measuring motivation is complex, there are several scales already carried out to do that job, but only a few of them consider the longitudinal follow-up of motivation throughout the courses. The EVC Light was applied to 245 undergraduate students from four universities. The Omega coefficient, scale items intercorrelation, item-total correlation, and factor analysis are used to validate and measure the reliability of the instrument. Confirmatory and exploratory factor analyses supported the structure, consistency, and validity of the EVC Light scale. Moreover, a significant relationship between motivation and student results was identified, based mainly on the Expectancy and Cost factors.
Journal: Informatics in Education - An International Journal
- Issue Year: 21/2022
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 91-111
- Page Count: 21
- Language: English