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Table 3 Statistical comparison of the scores assigned to each item and each factor by each group of students

From: Motivational component profiles in university students learning histology: a comparative study between genders and different health science curricula

 

Medicine vs. dentistry students

Medicine vs. pharmacy students

Dentistry vs. pharmacy students

Medicine vs. dentistry students

Medicine vs. pharmacy students

Dentistry vs. pharmacy students

1. Intrinsic motivation

03. Learning histology is interesting

0.0002

0.5922

0.0054

0.0000

0.3681

0.0000

17. I am curious about discoveries in histology

0.0000

0.7238

0.0006

01. The histology I learn is relevant to my life

0.1219

0.2172

0.8939

12. Learning histology makes my life more meaningful

0.0080

0.1246

0.0001

19. I enjoy learning histology

0.0000

0.3872

0.0006

2. Career motivation

07. Learning histology will help me get a good job

0.4167

0.1062

0.4431

0.0000

0.0000

0.0001

13. Understanding histology will benefit me in my career

0.0008

0.0000

0.1917

10. Knowing histology will give me a career advantage

0.0033

0.0000

0.0993

25. I will use histology problem-solving skills in my career

0.1091

0.0001

0.0452

23. My career will involve histology

0.0253

0.0000

0.0194

3. Self-determination

22. I study hard to learn histology

0.5548

0.0057

0.0011

0.6183

0.0000

0.0000

16. I prepare well for histology tests and labs

0.1503

0.1346

0.0068

05. I put enough effort into learning histology

0.4562

0.0036

0.0155

11. I spend a lot of time learning histology

0.2837

0.0018

0.0002

06. I use strategies to learn histology well

0.1792

0.0495

0.5744

4. Self-efficacy

18. I believe I can earn a grade of “A” in histology

0.1567

0.0423

0.4716

0.3597

0.2132

0.6927

14. I am confident I will do well on histology labs and projects

0.9061

0.0742

0.1023

15. I believe I can master histology knowledge and skills

0.7239

0.3638

0.1884

21. I am sure I can understand histology

0.0095

0.0463

0.6745

09. I am confident I will do well on histology tests

0.9163

0.1622

0.2041

5. Grade motivation

04. Getting a good histology grade is important to me

0.0151

0.2364

0.0015

0.0037

0.0093

0.0000

08. It is important that I get an “A” in histology

0.0012

0.8137

0.0004

20. I think about the grade I will get in histology

0.0706

0.6620

0.2132

24. Scoring high on histology tests and labs matters to me

0.1216

0.0023

0.1164

 

02. I like to do better than other students on histology tests

0.9226

0.0740

0.0870

   
  1. All values are p values with Mann-Whitney test. Statistically significant p values are highlighted in bold.