The cross-cultural validation of the feedback orientation scale (FOS) in Filipino secondary students: A PLS-SEM approach

• Main Authors: Taba, Patricia Mae A., Ocampo, Jose Carlos G.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2017
• Subjects: Feedback (Psychology); Learning, Psychology of; Educational Psychology
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/13233
• Institution: De La Salle University

Feedback has been used in organisational contexts for training and learning purposes. A large body of research has suggested that the use of feedback in this context can enhance an employee’s efficacy and work productivity (London & Smither, 2002). The role of feedback in educational contexts is also of primary interest since the publication of Hattie and Timperley's (2007) landmark study on the power of feedback in students. Several selfreport instruments have been developed to assess people’s outlooks towards feedback, and one of which is the Feedback Orientation Scale (FOS). Past findings suggest that the FOS is a valid and reliable measure in organizational and educational contexts. However, due to cultural differences and instrument adaptation standards, it would be imprudent to adapt a scale without examining its psychometric properties in a certain context. The present research addressed that need by assessing the validity and reliability of the student version of the FOS to 1376 Filipino secondary students using the Partial Least Square-Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM) approach. Results reveal that the four-factor solution of the FOS is supported in the Philippine context, and the FOS can be used as a valid and reliable tool in Philippine schools. Implications and suggestions for teaching and research are described.