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Associations Between Learning Environment and Study Satisfaction Across Time: Two Cross-Sectional Analyses of Occupational Therapy Students.
- Source :
- Open Journal of Occupational Therapy (OJOT); Spring2024, Vol. 12 Issue 2, preceding p1-9, 11p
- Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- There is increasing attention toward students' satisfaction and how they perceive the quality of the program they attend. This study examined stability and change across time with regard to the relationships between learning environment factors and occupational therapy students' satisfaction with the program. In the two consecutive cross-sectional analyses performed in this study, 163 second-year students and 193 third-year students from all six occupational therapy education programs in Norway participated. The Course Experience Questionnaire was used to assess learning environment factors and study satisfaction. The data were analyzed with Pearson's correlation coefficient r and with hierarchical linear regression. Bivariate associations between the learning environment scales were positive and most associations were statistically significant in both study years. Relatively stable associations between the learning environment variable "good teaching" and higher study satisfaction were detected, while other associations differed between years of study. Embedding quality into the learning process, in particular by emphasizing good teaching and the clear dissemination of goals and standards, is important for student satisfaction throughout years of study. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- SCHOOL environment
STUDENT assistance programs
CROSS-sectional method
PEARSON correlation (Statistics)
SATISFACTION
QUESTIONNAIRES
SAMPLE size (Statistics)
COLLEGE teachers
TEACHING
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
STUDENTS
LONGITUDINAL method
OCCUPATIONAL therapy students
STATISTICS
RESEARCH methodology
COLLEGE students
SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC factors
DATA analysis software
TIME
REGRESSION analysis
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 21686408
- Volume :
- 12
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Open Journal of Occupational Therapy (OJOT)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 177474045
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.15453/2168-6408.2214