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Table 3 Health professions students’ SDLA during online study

From: The state of health professions students’ self-directed learning ability during online study and the factors that influence it

Variable

Mean (SD)

Statistical test

P

Post-hoc Analysis

Gender

Male

3.78(0.82)

t = 0.13

0.896

 

Female

3.77 (0.68)

Grade

1st year

3.82 (0.74)

F = 1.213

0.304

 

2nd year

3.75 (0.75)

3rd year

3.73 (0.73)

4th year

3.70 (0.77)

5th year

3.83 (0.41)

Network environment

Smooth

3.77 (0.73)

F = 0.22

0.803

 

General

3.80 (0.79)

Unsmooth

3.69 (1.13)

Variety of resources

1.Abundant

3.89 (0.86)

F = 7.993

0.000

1 > 2(p = 0.005)

1 > 3(p = 0.003)

2.General

3.73 (0.66)

3.Lacking

3.67 (0.73)

Learning concentration

1.Focused

3.95 (0.89)

F = 13.424

0.000

1 > 2(p = 0.000)

1 > 3(p = 0.000)

2.General

3.73 (0.69)

3.Distracted

3.69 (0.66)

Q&A discussion

1.More use

3.93 (0.80)

F = 19.881

0.000

1 > 2(p = 0.000)

1 > 3(p = 0.000)

2.General

3.60 (0.66)

3.Less use

3.63 (0.74)

Teacher-student interaction

1.Frequent

3.95 (0.87)

F = 14.778

0.000

1 > 2(p = 0.000)

1 > 3(p = 0.001)

2.General

3.69 (0.67)

3.Seldom

3.74 (0.69)

Student–student interaction

1.Frequent

3.95 (0.92)

F = 15.713

0.000

1 > 2(p = 0.000)

1 > 3(p = 0.000)

2.General

3.70 (0.66)

3.Seldom

3.70 (0.63)

Academic atmosphere

1.Good

4.04 (0.90)

F = 25.941

0.000

1 > 2(p = 0.000)

1 > 3(p = 0.000)

2.General

3.70 (0.68)

3.Poor

3.69 (0.65)