Validation of Mathematics Homework Management Scale for Middle School Students

• In Event: Advances in Students' Regulation of Their Motivation and Learning

Abstract

This study examined the psychometric properties of the Mathematics Homework Management Scale (MHMS) involving 1,282 students Grades 7-8. Confirmatory factor analyses (CFA) revealed the MHMS contained six distinctive subscales: arranging the environment, managing time, monitoring motivation, emotion management, cognitive reappraisal, and handling distraction. The subscales’ reliability estimates were adequate to very good. Furthermore, there was support for latent mean invariance across gender and grade level. Finally, the MHMS was related positively to homework completion and mathematics achievement, and negatively to homework procrastination. This study offers solid evidence that the MHMS could be used as a refined measure to assess homework management.

Authors

• Jianzhong Xu, Mississippi State University

• Ruiping Yuan, Mississippi State University

• Chuang Wang, University of North Carolina - Charlotte

• Daina Zhu, Mississippi State University