Psychometric and Structural Evaluation of the Physics Metacognition Inventory Instrument

• Main Authors: Haeruddin Haeruddin*, Zuhdan Kun Prasetyo, Supahar Supahar, Elisa Sesa, Gazali Lembah
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: RU Publications 2020-01-01
• Series: European Journal of Educational Research
• Subjects: psychometric evaluation; physics metacognition inventory; problem solving.
• Online Access: https://eu-jer.com/EU-JER_9_1_215.pdf
• ISSN: 2165-8714; 2165-8714

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the psychometric and structural instruments of the Physics Metacognition Inventory (PMI) developed by Taasoobshirazi, Bailey, and Farley (2015). The PMI consists of 26 items in six factors. The English and Indonesian versions were tested on an English course (N = 37) in the Geophysics study program at Tadulako University. The trials were conducted separately within a two-week interval. The data collected from 364 students of the Physics Education Department, University of Tadulako were analyzed using the Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA). Later, data were collected from 351 students of some Indonesian universities which have physics education study programs, and the data were analyzed using the Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA). The EFA result reveals six factors based on the rotation result with the maximum loading factor. The CFA result shows the RMSEA values of .018, 2 (284) = 316.32 (χ2 / df = 1,11), GFI = .93, CFI = .99, AGFI = .92 and NFI = .93 which meet the cut-off statistic value, and therefore, the model is considered fit, with the Construct Reliability Estimation (CR) of .93, Composite Reliability of  = .95, and maximum reliability of Ω = .96. The results obtained reveal that the PMI scale has good, valid and reliable psychometric properties. Therefore, PMI can be used to measure the level of metacognition of students when solving physics problems. Future studies using PMI are also discussed.