Jingle-jangle fallacies plague motivation constructs, requiring explicit justification of construct distinctions¶
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q1 i? Jingle occurs when distinct constructs share a name and jangle when identical constructs carry distinct names; closely related motivation constructs such as academic self-concept versus self-efficacy, and grit versus conscientiousness, have been argued to be jangle. → Richard M. Ryan 2024
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Richard M. Ryan 2024¶
Richard M. Ryan. (2024). Comments on Integration, Theory Conflicts, and Practical Implementations: Some Contrarian Ideas for Consideration. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-024-09858-1
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Conceptual argument defining the jingle-jangle problem (attributed to Marsh, 1994) and reviewing cited analyses by Marsh et al. (2019) on self-concept/self-efficacy and Ponnock et al. (2020) on grit/conscientiousness. The author argues construct distinctions require empirical and rational justification.
"Jingle occurs when two constructs (or measures of them) are distinct but are named the same; jangle is in evidence when two constructs or measures are identical, but distinctly named."
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Jingle-jangle fallacies plague motivation constructs, requiring explicit justification of construct distinctions |
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Jingle-jangle fallacies plague motivation constructs, requiring explicit justification of construct distinctions |
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