Because motivating students to learn is a constant challenge for teachers, Gentry and Gable created a survey to measure four areas directly tied to motivation and learning—Interest, Challenge, Choice, and Enjoyment—to help teachers understand how students see their classes. Data gleaned from the survey can help teachers modify classroom activities to make school a more relevant and engaging place to be.
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Table of Contents
Part 1: Using My Class Activities
Introduction
Background
Interest
Challenge
Choice
Enjoyment
Description of My Class Activities
Administration
Setting
Personnel
Survey
Directions
Confidentiality
Space for Additional Information
Middle School vs. Elementary School
A Word to Teachers
Using My Class Activities Scores
Individual Students
Individual Classrooms
School Building
Research Studies
Scoring
Off-site Machine Scoring
On-site Machine Scoring
On-site Hand Scoring
Interpretation of Scores
Interest Dimension
Challenge Dimension
Choice Dimension
Enjoyment Dimension
Norms
Incorporating Interest, Challenge, Choice, and Enjoyment into the Classroom
Integrating Interest in the Classroom
Ensuring Appropriate Levels of Challenge
Providing Choices that Motivate
Making the Classroom Enoyable
Part 2: Developmental Research and Technical Data
Construction of My Class Activities
Item Development and Conceptual Design
Administration and Data Analysis of the Pilot Survey
Revisions for Confirmatory Study
Data Analyses
Total Sample Description
Administration and Data Analysis of My Class Activities: Elementary Sample
Sample
Validity
Reliability
Administration and Data Analysis of My Class Activities: Middle School Sample
Sample
Validity
Reliability
Relationships Among the Dimensions
Reliability
Internal Consistency
Test-Retest
Standard Error of Measurement
References
Appendices