Cuestionario de clima motivacional de la clase: Validez intercultural, intergénero, evolutiva y predictiva

Part of teaching is to create a learning motivational climate. Classroom Motivational Climate Questionnaire (CMCQ) was developed for assess the motivational climate in the classroom. Two validation studies of CMCQ are presented. The first tested the factorial invariance of the instrument among Spanish and Chilean secondary school students (n=793), and sex in the latter; the second tested the factorial invariance between educational levels and the predictive validity of CMCQ on change in motivational variables and achievement in Chilean students (n=2701), through structural equation modeling. The results confirm the factor structure of the instrument and its invariance by gender and educational level, but show differences between cultures; and confirm the predictive validity of CMCQ for change in motivational variables and, through them, on performance, although with variations between cultures and educational levels.