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Chapter 2
the importance of providing clear and complete information about questionnaires used in research we will describe below how the constructs used in this thesis were measured and why in some chapters we used only speci c parts of a construct. De nitions and descriptions of the concepts, as well as what previous research has already told us about their relationship with academic success outcomes, can be found in the Introduction and in the separate chapters. Table 2.2 shows which constructs we used in which studies and some basic measurement information (number of items, scale, and Cronbach’s alpha). In addition, we added the means and standard deviations found in each sample.
When we used existing instruments or items, these were translated from English to Dutch using the back-translation procedure, with the help of a near- native speaker. All questionnaires used in this thesis can be found in Appendix I (in Dutch).
Table 2.2 Measurement information of all constructs used in this thesis
Construct per study
Need for cognition; Chapter 4
Need for cognition; Chapter 5
Academic interest; Chapter 4
Academic interest; Chapter 5
Academic motivation; Chapter 7 Behavioural engagement; Chapter 4 Behavioural engagement; Chapter 5 Out-of-school academic activities; Chapter 4 Academic self-e cacy; Chapter 4
Academic self-e cacy; Chapter 7
Academic self-e cacy: understanding; Chapter 5 Academic self-e cacy: e ort; Chapter 5
Surface learning; Chapter 5
Deep learning; Chapter 5
Metacognitive learning; Chapter 5
Self-regulated learning; Chapter 5
Self-regulated learning; Chapter 7
Academic adjustment; Chapter 5
Academic adjustment; Chapter 7
Academic adjustment: motivation; Chapter 5 Academic adjustment: application; Chapter 5 Academic adjustment: performance; Chapter 5 Academic adjustment: environment; Chapter 5 Degree programme satisfaction; Chapter 7
Cron-bach’s Mean SD
Number of Scale
items alpha
18 1-5 18 1-5 6 1-4 17 1-5 13 1-5 8 1-5 8 1-5 6 1-5 6 1-4 16 1-5 8 1-5 4 1-5 4 1-7 15 1-7 12 1-7 12 1-7 12 1-7 24 1-5 24 1-5 6 1-5 4 1-5 9 1-5 5 1-5 2 1-5
.83 3.42 .48 .86 3.55 .48 .87 2.89 .68 .92 3.56 .70 .88 3.46 .59 .87 3.60 .78 .86 3.66 .73 .77 2.26 .73 .70 2.58 .48 .74 3.64 .42 .85 3.82 .49 .73 3.73 .70 .60 4.60 .97 .80 4.48 .72 .71 4.82 .68 .76 4.57 .76 .87 5.09 .96 .86 3.69 .43 .85 3.65 .45 .71 4.07 .51 .70 3.52 .85 .73 3.34 .54 .81 3.96 .54 .80 4.39 .81
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