Development of Meaningful Learning Scale (MeLearn)
In the 21st century educational landscape, a meaningful learning environment is important. Meaningful learning encourages dynamic students’ involvement in learning. Nevertheless, the dearth of the scholarly literature of measurement for meaningful learning has been found. Hence, this study proposes...
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| description | In the 21st century educational landscape, a meaningful learning environment is important. Meaningful learning encourages dynamic students’ involvement in learning. Nevertheless, the dearth of the scholarly literature of measurement for meaningful learning has been found. Hence, this study proposes to develop and validate a meaningful learning scale (MeLearn). The study conceptualized meaningful learning in five dimensions. An Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) is used to expose the appropriate items for MeLearn as well as validity and reliability. The current study chose the cross-sectional research design, while the data was collected from 289 university students, using a structured survey. This study finalized MeLearn to thirty-one (31) items yielding five (5) dimensions, i.e., cooperative learning (7 items), active learning (5 items), authentic learning (6 items), constructive learning (6 items) and intentional learning (7 items). The eigenvalues of the five dimensions of MeLearn fell within 1.17 and 12.21 with the total variance explained is 51.9 %. The reliability indexes ranged from 0.838 to 0.885. The rigorous development procedure and analysis of MeLearn have warranted that the scale is reliable and valid. The research provides insightful information about the dimensions and items of meaningful learning scale which can be interpreted more easily and meaningfully. |
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| spelling | upm-884372021-12-28T07:07:55Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/88437/ Development of Meaningful Learning Scale (MeLearn) Ghazali, Norliza Mustakim, Siti Salina Nordin, Mohamad Sahari In the 21st century educational landscape, a meaningful learning environment is important. Meaningful learning encourages dynamic students’ involvement in learning. Nevertheless, the dearth of the scholarly literature of measurement for meaningful learning has been found. Hence, this study proposes to develop and validate a meaningful learning scale (MeLearn). The study conceptualized meaningful learning in five dimensions. An Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) is used to expose the appropriate items for MeLearn as well as validity and reliability. The current study chose the cross-sectional research design, while the data was collected from 289 university students, using a structured survey. This study finalized MeLearn to thirty-one (31) items yielding five (5) dimensions, i.e., cooperative learning (7 items), active learning (5 items), authentic learning (6 items), constructive learning (6 items) and intentional learning (7 items). The eigenvalues of the five dimensions of MeLearn fell within 1.17 and 12.21 with the total variance explained is 51.9 %. The reliability indexes ranged from 0.838 to 0.885. The rigorous development procedure and analysis of MeLearn have warranted that the scale is reliable and valid. The research provides insightful information about the dimensions and items of meaningful learning scale which can be interpreted more easily and meaningfully. Innovare Academics Sciences 2020 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/88437/1/ABSTRACT.pdf Ghazali, Norliza and Mustakim, Siti Salina and Nordin, Mohamad Sahari (2020) Development of Meaningful Learning Scale (MeLearn). Journal of Critical Reviews, 7 (9). 2107 - 2117. ISSN 2394-5125 https://www.bibliomed.org/?mno=104662 10.31838/jcr.07.09.348 |
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