Table 2 Mean scores of individual items of Dundee Ready Educational Environment Measure (DREEM)
From: Perception of the learning environment among the students in a nursing college in Eastern Nepal
SN | Domain Items | Mean | SD |
|---|---|---|---|
Students’ Perception of Learning | |||
1. | I am encouraged to participate in class | 3.01 | 0.77 |
2. | The teaching is often stimulating | 2.58 | 0.78 |
3. | The teaching is student centered | 2.60 | 0.86 |
4. | The teaching helps to develop my competence | 3.18 | 0.70 |
5. | The teaching is well focused | 2.72 | 0.79 |
6. | The teaching helps to develop my confidence | 3.19 | 0.60 |
7. | The teaching time is put to good use | 2.79 | 0.79 |
8. | The teaching over-emphasizes factual learning a | 1.49 | 0.80 |
9. | I am clear about the learning objectives of the course | 2.90 | 0.73 |
10. | The teaching encourages me to be an active learner | 2.88 | 0.75 |
11. | Long term learning is emphasized over short term learning | 2.70 | 0.84 |
12. | The teaching is too teacher-centered a | 2.19 | 1.03 |
Students’ Perception of Teachers | |||
13. | The teachers are knowledgeable | 3.21 | 0.62 |
14. | The teachers are patient with patients | 2.84 | 0.72 |
15. | The teachers ridicule the students a | 2.41 | 0.95 |
16. | The teachers are authoritarian a | 1.37 | 0.95 |
17. | The teachers have good communication skills with patients | 2.99 | 0.79 |
18. | The teachers are good at providing feedback to students | 3.05 | 0.80 |
19. | The teachers provide constructive criticism here | 2.39 | 0.89 |
20. | The teachers give clear examples | 2.71 | 0.81 |
21. | The teachers get angry in class a | 2.30 | 1.02 |
22. | The teachers are well prepared for their classes | 2.75 | 0.85 |
23. | The students irritate the teachers a | 2.85 | 0.88 |
Students’ Academic Self-perception | |||
24. | Learning strategies which worked for me before continue to work for me now | 2.31 | 1.03 |
25. | I am confident about my passing this year | 3.11 | 0.73 |
26. | I feel I am being well prepared for my profession | 2.91 | 0.75 |
27. | Last year’s work has been a good preparation for this year’s work | 2.57 | 0.89 |
28. | I am able to memorize all I need | 1.93 | 0.92 |
29. | I have learned a lot about empathy in my profession | 3.21 | 0.71 |
30. | My problem solving skills are being well developed here | 2.84 | 0.71 |
31. | Much of what I have to learn seems relevant to a career in healthcare | 3.06 | 0.60 |
Students’ Perception of Atmosphere | |||
32. | The atmosphere is relaxed during the ward teaching | 2.02 | 1.05 |
33. | This school is well timetabled | 2.16 | 1.32 |
34. | Cheating is a problem in this school a | 2.70 | 1.37 |
35. | The atmosphere is relaxed during lectures | 2.80 | 0.74 |
36. | There are opportunities for me to develop interpersonal skills | 3.30 | 0.64 |
37. | I feel comfortable in class socially | 3.02 | 0.60 |
38. | The atmosphere is relaxed during seminars/tutorials | 2.92 | 0.75 |
39. | I find the experience disappointing a | 2.40 | 1.04 |
40. | I am able to concentrate well | 2.48 | 0.86 |
41. | The enjoyment outweighs the stress of the course | 2.50 | 0.95 |
42. | The atmosphere motivates me as a learner | 2.70 | 0.79 |
43. | I feel able to ask the questions I want | 2.78 | 0.91 |
Students’ Social Self-perception | |||
44. | There is a good support system for students who get stressed | 1.69 | 1.17 |
45. | I am too tired to enjoy the course a | 1.98 | 1.09 |
46. | I am rarely bored on this course | 1.90 | 1.07 |
47. | I have good friends in this school | 3.20 | 0.77 |
48. | My social life is good | 2.89 | 0.68 |
49. | I seldom feel lonely | 2.10 | 1.20 |
50. | My accommodation is pleasant | 2.67 | 0.85 |