Development of Self-directed Learning Readiness Instrument for Thai Undergraduate Nursing Students
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2010-04-01
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Thailand Nursing and Midwifery Council
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The purposes of this study were to develop and test the psychometric properties of self-directed learning readiness instrument for Thai undergraduate nursing students. The study process began from developing self-directed learning readiness instrument by reviewing, synthesizing and analyzing related academic data and researches, and then developing the conceptual framework; 50 items were generated with 5-point-likert scale ranging from very true to untrue. The developed instrument was tested the psychometric properties including its validity and reliability; the results were as followed. The content and language of all items were tested by the experts and the content validity index was 0.97. The alpha coefficient of the 50-item-instrument tested in 30 students was 0.92 and the test-retest was 0.90. The unidimensionality of the instrument was tested and there were 48 items left. Then, factor analysis of this instrument was conducted with 333 students. The result showed that there were 5 components with 31 items being remained which accounted for 44.89 % of total variance. The first component was the ability of self-directed learning comprising 13 items. The second component was the characteristics of a self-directed learner comprising 7 items. The third component was the ability of self-management comprising 5 items. The fourth component was the ability of self-searching comprising 3 items and the fifth component was the ability of self-evaluation comprising 3 items. The internal consistency reliability was done; the alpha coefficient of 31 items being tested with 333 students was 0.93. The concurrent validity was tested; the finding showed that the students’ self-directed learning readiness scores of the developed instrument significantly correlated with those scores of the instrument developed by Fisher and colleagues (r = .62, p = 0.01). Therefore, the developed self-directed learning readiness instrument has the adequate psychometric properties, which could be used in nursing research and other related fields.
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Thai Journal of Nursing Council; Vol.23 No.2 April-June 2008; 52-69