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Table 6 A-PLOC measure

From: Teacher professional development in the contexts of teaching English pronunciation

nr item

Item

M

SD

intrinsic-affective; Chronbach’s alpha = .95

 1

is fun

4.67

1.44

 2

is pleasant

4.92

1.24

 3

is exciting

4.08

1.56

 4

is fascinating

4.08

1.51

 5

is enjoyable

4.75

1.22

intrinsic - potency; Chronbach’s alpha = .76

 1

is interesting

5,58

1,00

 2

is challenging

4,67

1,61

 3

is energizing

4,00

1,04

 4

is absorbing

4,67

1,07

 5

is stimulating

4,75

1,29

integrated; Chronbach’s alpha = .95

 1

suits my preferred way to learn new skills

4,67

1,30

 2

is compatible with how I usually want to improve my skills

4,50

1,51

 3

fits my teaching style

5,00

1,21

 4

fits my beliefs about how students learn

5,00

1,48

identified; Chronbach’s alpha = .85

 1

is useful to me

5,58

1,38

 2

is meaningful to me

5,36

1,43

 3

makes me confident

4,75

1,49

 4

is productive to me

5,00

1,28

 5

   

 6

will help me

5,00

1,28

introjected; Chronbach’s alpha = .93

 1

I want others (e.g., my colleagues, my students) to think I am a smart person

2,08

1,62

 2

I want others (e.g., my colleagues, my students) to be satisfied with me

3,50

2,51

 3

I want to give the impression that I am doing the sensible thing

2,83

1,75

 4

otherwise I would feel ashamed of myself

1,75

1,36

 5

otherwise I would feel guilty of not doing so

1,92

1,73

 6

otherwise I would feel bad about myself

2,00

1,95

extrinsic; Chronbach’s alpha = .78

 1

will give me credits for my professional development targets

3,75

1,91

 2

will cause me not to look bad in my professional environment

3,42

1,98

 3

will cause some people not to become angry with me

1,92

1,51

 4

will avoid poor future perspectives

2,67

1,61

amotovation; Chronbach’s alpha = .88

 1

but I really have no desire to do so

1,92

1,62

 2

although I think it is a waste of time

1,50

1,00

 3

but personally I give no priority to that

2,33

1,56

 4

although I would prefer to do other things

2,58

1,83

 5

but actually I don’t see the point of it

1,75

1,49

 6

but in fact I have no energy for it

1,75

1,06

  1. 7-point Likert scale; 1 = ‘always false’… 7 = ‘always true’