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Development and evaluation of the Measure of the International Learning Environment Status (MILES) in international higher education
The aim of this study was to develop and evaluate an instrument to assess international students’ perceptions of the international learning environment called ‘Measure of the International Learning Environment Status’ (MILES). We based the development of the MILES on a solid theoretical framework fr...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10434870/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37590194 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0288373 |
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author | Xu, Xiaoming Schönrock-Adema, Johanna Bos, Nicolaas A. |
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description | The aim of this study was to develop and evaluate an instrument to assess international students’ perceptions of the international learning environment called ‘Measure of the International Learning Environment Status’ (MILES). We based the development of the MILES on a solid theoretical framework from Moos by addressing three domains to measure the quality of the international learning environment, namely goal direction, relationships, and system change and system maintenance. We have designed and constructed the instrument in three steps. Firstly, we have collected items from relevant existing instruments and grouped them into the three domains via content analysis. Secondly, we applied a Delphi procedure involving international higher education experts from different stakeholder groups and from different cultural backgrounds to identify and reach consensus on the items comprehensively covering important elements of the international learning environment. Thirdly, we carried out an initial questionnaire evaluation. The final MILES consisted of 47 items with 13 in the first domain, 17 in the second and 17 in the third domain. The content of the domains was clearly in line with Moos theoretical framework and we interpreted the sets of items as goal direction, relationships, and supporting services, respectively. This study provides a comprehensive and systematically developed instrument for future research to better understand international students’ perspectives towards the international learning environment that are supported by stakeholders from a range of cultures. |
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spelling | pubmed-104348702023-08-18 Development and evaluation of the Measure of the International Learning Environment Status (MILES) in international higher education Xu, Xiaoming Schönrock-Adema, Johanna Bos, Nicolaas A. PLoS One Research Article The aim of this study was to develop and evaluate an instrument to assess international students’ perceptions of the international learning environment called ‘Measure of the International Learning Environment Status’ (MILES). We based the development of the MILES on a solid theoretical framework from Moos by addressing three domains to measure the quality of the international learning environment, namely goal direction, relationships, and system change and system maintenance. We have designed and constructed the instrument in three steps. Firstly, we have collected items from relevant existing instruments and grouped them into the three domains via content analysis. Secondly, we applied a Delphi procedure involving international higher education experts from different stakeholder groups and from different cultural backgrounds to identify and reach consensus on the items comprehensively covering important elements of the international learning environment. Thirdly, we carried out an initial questionnaire evaluation. The final MILES consisted of 47 items with 13 in the first domain, 17 in the second and 17 in the third domain. The content of the domains was clearly in line with Moos theoretical framework and we interpreted the sets of items as goal direction, relationships, and supporting services, respectively. This study provides a comprehensive and systematically developed instrument for future research to better understand international students’ perspectives towards the international learning environment that are supported by stakeholders from a range of cultures. Public Library of Science 2023-08-17 /pmc/articles/PMC10434870/ /pubmed/37590194 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0288373 Text en © 2023 Xu et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Xu, Xiaoming Schönrock-Adema, Johanna Bos, Nicolaas A. Development and evaluation of the Measure of the International Learning Environment Status (MILES) in international higher education |
title | Development and evaluation of the Measure of the International Learning Environment Status (MILES) in international higher education |
title_full | Development and evaluation of the Measure of the International Learning Environment Status (MILES) in international higher education |
title_fullStr | Development and evaluation of the Measure of the International Learning Environment Status (MILES) in international higher education |
title_full_unstemmed | Development and evaluation of the Measure of the International Learning Environment Status (MILES) in international higher education |
title_short | Development and evaluation of the Measure of the International Learning Environment Status (MILES) in international higher education |
title_sort | development and evaluation of the measure of the international learning environment status (miles) in international higher education |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10434870/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37590194 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0288373 |
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