Measuring strategies for learning regulation in medical education: Scale reliability and dimensionality in a Swedish sample

dc.creator	Edelbring Samuel
dc.date	2012-08-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:12:22Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:12:22Z
dc.identifier	10.1186/1472-6920-12-76
dc.identifier	1472-6920
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/db1f7d4429e7415e925ad11bfbe22d42
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/15180
dc.description	<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The degree of learners’ self-regulated learning and dependence on external regulation influence learning processes in higher education. These regulation strategies are commonly measured by questionnaires developed in other settings than in which they are being used, thereby requiring renewed validation. The aim of this study was to psychometrically evaluate the learning regulation strategy scales from the Inventory of Learning Styles with Swedish medical students (<it>N</it> = 206).</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>The regulation scales were evaluated regarding their reliability, scale dimensionality and interrelations. The primary evaluation focused on dimensionality and was performed with Mokken scale analysis. To assist future scale refinement, additional item analysis, such as item-to-scale correlations, was performed.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>Scale scores in the Swedish sample displayed good reliability in relation to published results: Cronbach’s alpha: 0.82, 0.72, and 0.65 for <it>self-regulation</it>, <it>external regulation</it> and <it>lack of regulation</it> scales respectively. The dimensionalities in scales were adequate for <it>self-regulation</it> and its subscales, whereas <it>external regulation</it> and <it>lack of regulation</it> displayed less unidimensionality. The established theoretical scales were largely replicated in the exploratory analysis. The item analysis identified two items that contributed little to their respective scales.</p> <p>Discussion</p> <p>The results indicate that these scales have an adequate capacity for detecting the three theoretically proposed learning regulation strategies in the medical education sample. Further construct validity should be sought by interpreting scale scores in relation to specific learning activities. Using established scales for measuring students’ regulation strategies enables a broad empirical base for increasing knowledge on regulation strategies in relation to different disciplinary settings and contributes to theoretical development.</p>
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	BioMed Central
dc.relation	http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6920/12/76
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1472-6920
dc.rights	CC BY
dc.source	BMC Medical Education, Vol 12, Iss 1, p 76 (2012)
dc.subject	Regulation strategies
dc.subject	Self-regulated learning
dc.subject	Approaches to studying
dc.subject	Validation
dc.subject	Medicine (General)
dc.subject	R5-920
dc.subject	Medicine
dc.subject	R
dc.subject	DOAJ:Medicine (General)
dc.subject	DOAJ:Health Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Medicine (General)
dc.subject	R5-920
dc.subject	Medicine
dc.subject	R
dc.subject	DOAJ:Medicine (General)
dc.subject	DOAJ:Health Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Medicine (General)
dc.subject	R5-920
dc.subject	Medicine
dc.subject	R
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Medicine (General)
dc.subject	R5-920
dc.subject	Medicine
dc.subject	R
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Medicine (General)
dc.subject	R5-920
dc.subject	Medicine
dc.subject	R
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Measuring strategies for learning regulation in medical education: Scale reliability and dimensionality in a Swedish sample
dc.type	article