Getting in the flow: adolescent test-takers, motivation, and optimal performance

Autor:	Jacob M. Marszalek
Rok vydání:	2021
Předmět:	Predictive validity Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management business.industry Standardized test medicine.disease Confirmatory factor analysis Education Test (assessment) Convergent validity Statistics medicine Trait business Psychology Reliability (statistics) Test anxiety
Zdroj:	Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability. 34:241-273
ISSN:	1874-8600 1874-8597
DOI:	10.1007/s11092-021-09377-5
Popis:	The validity of inferences made with test results depends on meeting the assumptions of the test users, one of which is the presumption of optimal performance (i.e., test-takers are doing their best). Flow theory identifies the conditions under which optimal performance is achieved and can be used to inform test users about the degree to which optimal performance has been attained. This sequential explanatory mixed-methods study examined the presence of flow in 159 middle-school test-takers during a high-stakes standardized test of math and reading achievement. Strong evidence was obtained for multiple facets of validity for measuring flow, including internal consistency reliability; structural validity via confirmatory factor analysis; concurrent and predictive validity via correlations among state and trait flow, test anxiety, and test performance; and convergent validity via structured participant interviews. Flow theory provides a road map to test stakeholders for fostering motivation and optimal performance in adolescent test-takers.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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