Learning Style Scales: a valid and reliable questionnaire.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Learning-style instruments assist students in developing their own learning strategies and outcomes, in eliminating learning barriers, and in acknowledging peer diversity. Only a few psychometrically validated learning-style instruments are available. This study aimed to develop a valid and reliable learning-style instrument for nursing students.

Methods

A cross-sectional survey study was conducted in two nursing schools in two countries. A purposive sample of 156 undergraduate nursing students participated in the study. Face and content validity was obtained from an expert panel. The LSS construct was established using principal axis factoring (PAF) with oblimin rotation, a scree plot test, and parallel analysis (PA). The reliability of LSS was tested using Cronbach

SUBMITTER: Abdollahimohammad A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4309945 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature