Developing and validating the instruments for measurement of motivation, learning style and learning discipline in Islamic education

In Islamic education today, not many researchers use quantitative research methods based on Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) to analyze the various relationships between the variables in the model formed based on the theory under study. This research will establish and validate the instrument by using Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) to measure motivation, learning styles and learning discipline in Islamic Education subjects. This study has adapted the instruments that have been developed by some previous researchers, as well as modify some statements in accordance with current research. According to Awang (2010: 2012), if a researcher adapts the instruments previously developed by the researchers and modifies the statement to fit the current research, they need to re-run the Exploration Factor Analysis (EFA) procedure because the current field of study may different from previous studies, or the current study population is much different from previous studies in terms of socio-economic, racial and cultural status. Therefore some of the previously built items are no longer suitable for current research, or there may be different structural items in the current study compared to structures that have been found in previous studies. Therefore, researchers need to recalculate the value of Internal Reliability for the current instrument of the new Cronbach Alpha value. Taking into consideration the recommendation by Awang (2010; 2012), researchers have decided to re-run EFA on items that measure their construction. This study will explain in detail the procedures for carrying out EFA analysis for each construct in Islamic education studies.