Open AccessAssessing the Multidimensionality of Students’ Learning Orientations: The Use of LO-COMPASS for the Well-being and Scholastic Success
Author(s) -
Giulia Vettori,
Claudio Vezzani,
Lucia Bigozzi,
Giuliana Pinto
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
ecps, journal of educational, cultural and psychological studies/journal of educational, cultural and psychological studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2037-7932
pISSN - 2037-7924
DOI - 10.7358/ecps-2020-022-vett
Subject(s) - compass , psychology , metacognition , cluster (spacecraft) , confirmatory factor analysis , factorial analysis , raw score , applied psychology , structural equation modeling , cognition , social psychology , mathematics education , raw data , computer science , statistics , cartography , mathematics , geography , neuroscience , programming language
The twofold aim of the present study is to identify specific cluster-profiles of the learning orientations measured by «LO-COMPASS: Learning Orientation-Cognition Metacognition Participation Assessment»; and to create a psychometric rule to cluster the raw scores obtained by the student at the LO-COMPASS factorial dimensions into a specific cluster-profile. 183 middle-school students (91 males and 92 females) validly completed the original version of the LO-COMPASS Questionnaire. Confirmatory factor analysis and cluster analysis were conducted. LO-COMPASS measures four factors of students’ learning orientations. Furthermore, the instrument has been furnished with a psychometric rule to cluster the raw scores obtained by the student at the LO-COMPASS factorial dimensions into two profiles. The application of LO-COMPASS will allow educational psychologists and teachers to analyze middle-school students’ difficulties and problems, as well as strengths in their motivation to learn. The instrument will be useful at multiple levels: prevention, intervention, evaluation.