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Table 1 The CFA analysis for the Conception of Learning Medicine (COLM) questionnaire. (N = 272)

From: To examine the associations between medical students’ conceptions of learning, strategies to learning, and learning outcome in a medical humanities course

Construct and Measurement Items

Factor loading

t Statistics

(p Value)

CR

AVE

Alpha Value

Memorizing (M)

Mean = 2.17, SD = 0.84

0.86

0.61

0.86

 M 3 (3)

0.79

 M 4 (4)

0.80

13.44

p < .01

 M 5 (5)

0.76

12.72

p < .01

 M 6 (6)

0.78

13.10

p < .01

Preparing for Testing (PT)

Mean = 0.90, SD = 0.75

0.87

0.70

0.84

 PT 3 (9)

0.80

 PT 4 (10)

0.78

12.65

p < .01

 PT 6 (12)

0.81

12.96

p < .01

Practicing Tutorial Problems (PTP)

Mean = 3.01, SD = 0.58

0.90

0.70

0.81

 PTP 2 (15)

0.54

 PTP 4 (17)

0.75

8.49

p < .01

 PTP 5 (18)

0.84

8.95

p < .01

 PTP 6 (19)

0.81

8.83

p < .01

Increasing One’s Knowledge (IOK)

Mean = 3.02, SD = 0.54

0.92

0.71

0.85

 IOK 2 (21)

0.63

 IOK 4 (23)

0.84

11.02

p < .01

 IOK 5 (24)

0.84

11.03

p < .01

 IOK 6 (25)

0.72

9.90

p < .01

 IOK 7 (26)

0.64

9.01

p < .01

Applying (A)

Mean = 3.31, SD = 0.50

0.92

0.69

0.82

 A 1 (27)

0.74

 A 2 (28)

0.79

12.37

p < .01

 A 3 (29)

0.75

11.76

p < .01

 A 5 (31)

0.63

9.92

p < .01

 A 7 (33)

0.57

8.90

p < .01

Understanding (U)

Mean = 3.14, SD = 0.50

0.93

0.78

0.84

 U 1 (34)

0.75

 U 2 (35)

0.85

13.51

p < .01

 U 3 (36)

0.78

12.54

p < .01

 U 5 (38)

0.63

10.08

p < .01

Seeing in a New Way (SNW)

Mean = 3.06, SD = 0.64

0.93

0.73

0.89

 SNW 2 (41)

0.78

 SNW 3 (42)

0.79

13.44

p < .01

 SNW 4 (43)

0.83

14.23

p < .01

 SNW 5 (44)

0.81

13.83

p < .01

 SNW 6 (45)

0.72

12.21

p < .01

Skills Acquisition (SA)

Mean = 3.25, SD = 0.63

0.93

0.82

0.87

 SA 3 (48)

0.86

 SA 4 (49)

0.92

17.58

p < .01

 SA 6 (51)

0.73

13.69

p < .01

Communication (C)

Mean = 3.39, SD = 0.60

0.95

0.80

0.91

 C 1 (52)

0.70

 C 2 (53)

0.90

13.97

p < .01

 C 3 (54)

0.90

14.02

p < .01

 C 4 (55)

0.87

13.57

p < .01

 C 5 (56)

0.73

11.56

p < .01

  1. Abbreviation List: CFA Confirmatory Factor Analysis, CR Composite Reliability, AVE Average Variance Extracted, M Memorizing, PT Preparing for Testing, PTP Practicing Tutorial Problems, IOK Increasing One’s Knowledge, A Applying, U Understanding, SNW Seeing in a New Way, SA Skills Acquisition, C Communication