The validity and reliability of the self-directed learning instrument (SDLI) in mainland Chinese nursing students

BACKGROUND: Self-directed learning is crucial to the professional development of nursing students, and which enables them to expand the knowledge and enhance the quality of their practice. A validated self-directed learning instrument is important not only in assessing the individual’s self-directed...

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Autores principales: Shen, Wang-qin, Chen, Hong-lin, Hu, Yan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4087248/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24885557
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6920-14-108
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Chen, Hong-lin
Hu, Yan
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description BACKGROUND: Self-directed learning is crucial to the professional development of nursing students, and which enables them to expand the knowledge and enhance the quality of their practice. A validated self-directed learning instrument is important not only in assessing the individual’s self-directed learning level, but also in evaluating the effectiveness of teaching or learning methods. The aim of this study is to evaluate the validity and reliability of the SDLI in mainland Chinese nursing students. METHODS: A cross-sectional design with convenience sampling was used to recruit participants from three nursing schools. The mainland Chinese version of SDLI was tested with respect to validity and reliability in 1,499 nursing students, and another 30 nursing students were invited to evaluate the test-retest reliability of the scale in 7 days interval. RESULTS: Explorary factor analysis identified a four-factor structure, accounting for 56.101% of the total variance. The confirmatory factor analysis showed a good overall fit of this four-factor model. Convergent validity was supported by the highly positive Pearson’s correlation between SDLI score and SRSSDL score (r = .876, p = .000). Cronbach’s alpha for internal consistency of overall scale was .916, and 4 dimensions were between .755-.825.The test-retest reliability of overall scale was .850, and 4 dimensions were between .708-.821. The intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) of overall scale was .916, and 4 dimensions were .822-.889. CONCLUSIONS: This study indicates that the SDLI is a valid and reliable instrument for assessing self-directed learning in mainland Chinese nursing students. Nurse educators could use such knowledge to develop their roles and plan to support nursing students in becoming self-directed learners and lifelong learner.
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spelling pubmed-40872482014-07-10 The validity and reliability of the self-directed learning instrument (SDLI) in mainland Chinese nursing students Shen, Wang-qin Chen, Hong-lin Hu, Yan BMC Med Educ Research Article BACKGROUND: Self-directed learning is crucial to the professional development of nursing students, and which enables them to expand the knowledge and enhance the quality of their practice. A validated self-directed learning instrument is important not only in assessing the individual’s self-directed learning level, but also in evaluating the effectiveness of teaching or learning methods. The aim of this study is to evaluate the validity and reliability of the SDLI in mainland Chinese nursing students. METHODS: A cross-sectional design with convenience sampling was used to recruit participants from three nursing schools. The mainland Chinese version of SDLI was tested with respect to validity and reliability in 1,499 nursing students, and another 30 nursing students were invited to evaluate the test-retest reliability of the scale in 7 days interval. RESULTS: Explorary factor analysis identified a four-factor structure, accounting for 56.101% of the total variance. The confirmatory factor analysis showed a good overall fit of this four-factor model. Convergent validity was supported by the highly positive Pearson’s correlation between SDLI score and SRSSDL score (r = .876, p = .000). Cronbach’s alpha for internal consistency of overall scale was .916, and 4 dimensions were between .755-.825.The test-retest reliability of overall scale was .850, and 4 dimensions were between .708-.821. The intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) of overall scale was .916, and 4 dimensions were .822-.889. CONCLUSIONS: This study indicates that the SDLI is a valid and reliable instrument for assessing self-directed learning in mainland Chinese nursing students. Nurse educators could use such knowledge to develop their roles and plan to support nursing students in becoming self-directed learners and lifelong learner. BioMed Central 2014-05-27 /pmc/articles/PMC4087248/ /pubmed/24885557 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6920-14-108 Text en Copyright © 2014 Shen et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated.
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title_fullStr The validity and reliability of the self-directed learning instrument (SDLI) in mainland Chinese nursing students
title_full_unstemmed The validity and reliability of the self-directed learning instrument (SDLI) in mainland Chinese nursing students
title_short The validity and reliability of the self-directed learning instrument (SDLI) in mainland Chinese nursing students
title_sort validity and reliability of the self-directed learning instrument (sdli) in mainland chinese nursing students
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4087248/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24885557
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6920-14-108
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