Measuring meaningful learning experience: confirmatory factor analysis
A meaningful learning environment is important in the 21st century educational landscape. Meaningful learning engages students in dynamic instructional activities which can facilitate learning in the 21st century , and thus encourage the growth of holistic human characteristics. However, limited...
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International Journal of Innovation, Creativity and Change.
2019
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| Summary: | A meaningful learning environment is important in the 21st century
educational landscape. Meaningful learning engages students in
dynamic instructional activities which can facilitate learning in the
21st century , and thus encourage the growth of holistic human
characteristics. However, limited research has explored and measured
the factors of meaningful learning. Thus, the purpose of this study is to
identify the underlying factors that measure meaningful learning
experience among university students in Malaysia. The study
conceptualises meaningful learning experience in five dimensions (i.e.
cooperative learning, active learning, authentic learning, constructive
learning, and intentional learning). Data was collected with a 31-item
questionnaire, the reliability of which indexes range from 0.838 to
0.885 in dimensions. The study population consists of University
students who willingly volunteered to participate in the research
(N=1,524). A sample of 603 respondents was drawn through simple
random sampling. Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) was used to
analyse the data. The findings of the study indicates that the
measurement model for meaningful learning achieved an acceptable
level of fit. All statistics provide empirical evidence towards the fact
that the meaningful learning measurement model is also
psychometrically sound in terms of validity and reliability. The study
concludes that there are five underlying factors measuring meaningful
learning experiences, identified as cooperative learning, active
learning, authentic learning, constructive learning and intentional
learning. The study suggests that these factors are aspects of
meaningful learning experiences that require development of the 21st
century educational landscape which may lead to a more meaningful
teaching and learning process. |
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