Ujian Ciri Psikometrik Ke Atas Instrumen Penilaian Orientasi Matlamat

This study aims to determine the degree of reliability and validity of Multidimensional Measures of Goal Orientation Scale by Zweig and Webster (2004) for measuring the goal orientation of religious educators in privat e religious school. Goal orientation construct has received much attention from researchers as to understand how one build, acquire or demonstrate proficiency in learning and performance. There are three (3) factors used to measure the Orientation Objectiv es, namely (1) Performance Approach Goal Orientation; (2) PerformanceAvoidance Goal Orientation; and (3) Learning Goal Orientation. 171 Islamic education teachers from private religious schools in Negeri Sembilan were involved in the study. 21 items from original instruments were translated into Malay language and translated back to English language using the backtranslation method. The reliability of the instrument was determined by using the internal consistency of Cronbach Alpha's method and the result s showed the alpha values were between .74 and .91. The overall reliability coefficient for the total final items was .84. This instrument has met the psychometric characteristics of a good instrument and can be utilized in different studies context.

Keywords: Goal Orientation, Reliability, Validity, Internal Consistency