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School Motivation and Learning Strategies Inventory (SMALSI)
Kathy Chatham Stroud & Cecil R. Reynolds
Overview
The School Motivation and Learning Strategies Inventory (SMALSI) lets you identify and target weak learning strategies. Poor study skills, ineffective learning strategies, test anxiety—all these things impede academic performance. The SMALSI can address these and other problems before students become discouraged, fail at classwork, or drop out of school.
Benefits of using the SMALSI
- A quick, cost-effective way to identify and target poor learning strategies.
- Easily screen individuals or groups in just 20 to 30 minutes.
- A preventative measure for academic failure.
- Simple online evaluation ideal for sharing valuable test information to those applicable.
Suitable for
8 to 18 years. College/University Form also available for university students.
Product Description
The SMALSI assesses 10 primary constructs consistently associated with academic motivation, learning strategies, and study habits:
- Study Strategies
- Note-Taking/Listening Skills
- Reading/Comprehension Strategies
- Writing/Research Skills
- Test-Taking Strategies
- Organisational Techniques
- Time Management
- Academic Motivation
- Test Anxiety
- Concentration/Attention
Scores from these scales pinpoint problems that interfere with academic performance.
The SMALSI is available in three forms:
- Child Form (147 items) is for students 8 - 12 years.
- Teen Form (170 items) is for 13- to 18-year-olds.
- College/University Form (164 items) is for college students at all levels.
Written at Key stage 2 reading level and completed in 20 to 30 minutes, all forms use a 4-point response scale, ranging from “Never” to “Almost Always.” The Child and Teen Forms can be administered using an audio file that allows poor readers, who are often at risk for academic failure, to hear rather than read test items.
Prevent academic failure
Unlike many other measures, the SMALSI does not focus on learning styles or preferences. Instead, it assesses the strategies that students actively use in learning and test-taking—strategies repeatedly shown to affect academic performance.
This practical, specific focus makes the SMALSI ideal for both routine school-wide screening and targeted assessment of students with ADHD, learning disabilities, low motivation, or emotional problems.
Based on more than 30 years of research, the SMALSI allows you to identify and directly target poor learning strategies. It makes early intervention possible, and it gives students at all levels a better shot at academic success.
Qualification level required:
Level 2. Please see our Test User Qualifications page for guidance
Reliability
The evidence regarding reliability and validity of the SMALSI test scores strongly supports current application of the SMALSI to the improvement of student learning and educational performance generally.
Norms
US norms. Child and Teen Forms standardised on a nationally representative sample of 2,921 students, most from public schools; College Form standardized on a diverse sample of 1,548 students.
Administration Time
20-30 minutes
Publication Date
2014
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