Patterns of Adaptive Learning Scales: Educational Psychology Survey Instrument

Patterns of Adaptive Learning Scales (PALS) is a survey instrument developed by researcher Carol Midgley. The dataset likely contains survey responses and scale scores related to students' motivational goals and learning behaviors. It is hosted on the paperswithcode platform, which primarily aggregates resources for computer science and machine learning.

Use Cases

• Analyze correlations between motivational scales and academic outcomes (inferred from domain, verify after download)
• Train a classifier to predict student learning patterns from survey responses (inferred from domain, verify after download)
• Conduct factor analysis to validate the structure of the adaptive learning scales (inferred from domain, verify after download)

Strengths

• Published on paperswithcode, a platform for sharing research data and code.
• Created by a named researcher (Carol Midgley), providing traceable academic provenance.

Limitations

• Metadata is minimal; actual content requires verification after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count, file formats, and sample data are unknown, which limits suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Carol Midgley

Collection Method

Likely gathered via survey instrument administration.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Geography

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