Homework Management Scale: Confirming the Factor Structure With Chinese Middle School Students

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Abstract

This study presents a psychometric evaluation of the Homework Management Scale (HMS) for mathematics, consisting of five subscales for measuring students' homework management strategies. Confirmatory factor analyses were conducted with a sample of middle school students (N = 796). Results indicated that the factor structure of the Chinese version of the HMS for mathematics was consistent with the original one developed in the US. Furthermore, the HMS and its subscales were correlated with related measures (i.e., homework purpose, homework behaviors, and learning strategies) in the theoretically expected directions. These findings suggest that Chinese version of the HMS is a valid multidimensional measure for mathematics homework at the middle school level.

Authors

• Jianzhong Xu, Mississippi State University

• Xitao Fan, University of Macau

• Jianxia Du, University of Macau

• Ruiping Yuan, Mississippi State University

• Fuyi Yang, East China Normal University

• Huashan Zhu, Admission and Examination Authority

• Tongyi Liu, Haiyuan Jianyu-Zhuhai