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Inventory of School Motivation (ISM)

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A school-motivation measurement instrument developed by McInerney and used to assess motivation across cultural groups, with cross-cultural validation and measurement-invariance testing required for new populations.

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  • Inventory of School Motivation as a cross-culturally validated motivation measure: The Inventory of School Motivation (ISM) is a motivation instrument McInerney developed and validated across cultural groups; the tribute's reference list cites work on its "Cross cultural model testing: Inventory of School Motivation" and its cross-cultural validation with Navajo and Anglo students, as well as measurement-invariance testing across Chinese and US college students. It served as a key measurement tool in his cross-cultural motivation research program. (Bembenutty et al. (2023))

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  • Bembenutty, H., Liem, G.A.D., Allen, K.A., King, R.B., Martin, A.J., Marsh, H.W., Craven, R.G., Kaplan, A., Schunk, D.H., DiBenedetto, M.K., & Datu, J.A.D. (2023). Culture, Motivation, Self-Regulation, and the Impactful Work of Dennis M. McInerney. Educational Psychology Review. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-023-09743-3
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title Inventory of School Motivation (ISM)
description A school-motivation measurement instrument developed by McInerney and used to assess motivation across cultural groups, with cross-cultural validation and measurement-invariance testing required for new populations.
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