Modifying the Study Process Questionnaire for Students Learning English as a Second Language

Comparisons of Reliability and Factor Structure

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ID13665071
AuthorsDavid Watkins (0000-0002-3930-5990, University of Hong Kong), Dora N Watkins (0009-0001-5468-9830, University of Hong Kong, corresponding author), Jim Murphy (National University of Singapore)
Year1994
Volume74
Issue3
Pages1023-1026
Publication date1994-06-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsychological Reports (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2466/pr0.1994.74.3.1023
OpenAlexW2172225464
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited5

The original English version, a simplified English as a Second Language (ESL) version, and a Malay translation of the Study Process Questionnaire were administered to 192, 257, and 75 students, respectively, from the University of Brunei Darussalam. The ESL version showed the highest coefficients of internal consistency reliability for the scales, followed by the English and Malay versions. Similar factor structures were found for responses to all three versions. The ESL version may be preferable for administration to students for whom English is the medium of instruction but not their first language. The motive and strategy model of learning proposed by J. B. Biggs in 1987 and 1993 seems appropriate for Brunei students

Consistency (knowledge bases · Developmental psychology · Factor (programming language · Internal consistency · Linguistics · Malay · Mathematics education · Process (computing · Psychometrics · Reliability (semiconductor · Second language · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Educational and Psychological Assessments · EFL/ESL Teaching and Learning · Multilingual Education and Policy · Psychology

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