From the Student's Perspective—My Class Activities: An Instrument for Use in Research and Evaluation

This study reports the development of My Class Activities, a new instrument that can be used to measure students' perceptions of interest, challenge, choice, and enjoyment in their classrooms. These dimensions are frequently found in gifted education literature and are tied to student motivation and learning. Described are (a) the theoretical basis upon which the instrument was developed, (b) the investigation of construct validity through confirmatory factor analysis and item response theory, and (c) internal consistency alpha reliability estimates using a sample of 1,523 grades 6–8 students. Confirmatory factor analysis, item response theory, and alpha reliability information supported meaningful and accurate interpretations of data obtained from the instrument.