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Table 4 Overall tests for possible association between selected covariates and learning environment scale scores

From: Perceptions of the academic learning environment among occupational therapy students – changes across a three-year undergraduate study program

Variable

Clear goals and standards

F

p

Age

0.01

0.93

Sex

1.09

0.30

Study efforts

0.30

0.58

Educational institution

1.32

0.26

Time

1.07

0.34

 

Emphasis on independence

Variable

F

p

Age

3.52

0.06

Sex

0.40

0.53

Study efforts

0.04

0.85

Educational institution

1.19

0.32

Time

3.22

<  0.05

 

Good teaching

Variable

F

p

Age

0.19

0.67

Sex

0.35

0.55

Study efforts

0.10

0.75

Educational institution

2.06

0.07

Time

11.87

<  0.001

 

Appropriate workload

Variable

F

p

Age

0.05

0.82

Sex

0.36

0.55

Study efforts

6.75

<  0.05

Educational institution

2.57

<  0.05

Time

0.01

0.99

 

Generic skills

Variable

F

p

Age

4.52

<  0.05

Sex

0.00

0.96

Study efforts

0.52

0.47

Educational institution

1.48

0.20

Time

12.63

<  0.001

 

Feedback

Variable

F

p

Age

0.13

0.72

Sex

1.28

0.26

Study efforts

0.46

0.50

Educational institution

0.18

0.97

Time

2.91

0.06

 

Student satisfaction

Variable

F

p

Age

0.01

0.91

Sex

0.68

0.41

Study efforts

0.01

0.92

Educational institution

1.20

0.31

Time

2.17

0.12

  1. ‘Educational institution’ refers to overall differences in scale scores between the education institutions. ‘Time’ refers to linear change in scale scores according to time of measurement
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