Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ)
The Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ) was developed to measure the types of learning strategies and academic motivation used by college and university students. We've collected some resources including the "manual" and papers on how it's been used, it's reliability and validity.
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Pintrich, P. R., & And Others. (1991). A Manual for the Use of the Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ). Retrieved from
Papers on its use, reliability and validity
Cred茅, M., & Phillips, L. A. (2011). A meta-analytic review of the Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire. Learning and Individual Differences, 21(4), 337鈥�346.
Duncan, T. G., & McKeachie, W. J. (2005). The Making of the Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire. Educational Psychologist, 40(2), 117鈥�128.
Dunn, K. E., Lo, W.-J., Mulvenon, S. W., & Sutcliffe, R. (2012). Revisiting the Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire: A Theoretical and Statistical Reevaluation of the Metacognitive Self-Regulation and Effort Regulation Subscales. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 72(2), 312鈥�331.
Hilpert, J. C., Stempien, J., van der Hoeven Kraft, K. J., & Husman, J. (2013). Evidence for the Latent Factor Structure of the MSLQ: A New Conceptualization of an Established Questionnaire. SAGE Open, 3(4), 2158244013510305.
Pintrich, P. R., Smith, D. A. F., Garcia, T., & Mckeachie, W. J. (1993). Reliability and Predictive Validity of the Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (Mslq). Educational and Psychological Measurement, 53(3), 801鈥�813.
Tock, J. L., & Moxley, J. H. (2017). A comprehensive reanalysis of the metacognitive self-regulation scale from the MSLQ. Metacognition and Learning, 12(1), 79鈥�111.