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. 2018 Jun 1;39:13. doi: 10.1186/s40985-018-0090-y

Table 3.

Evaluation of functioning of the tutorial group and tutor functioning: descriptive statistics and results of Kruskal-Wallis tests and Mann-Whitney tests for different locations

M (SD)
Maastricht
M (SD)
Kaunas
M (SD)
Graz
KW MW
Maastricht-Kaunas
MW
Graz-Maastricht
MW
Graz-Kaunas
Scales H (p) U (p) U (p) U (p)
Functioning of tutorial group
Elaboration 3.44 (0.68) 3.70 (0.45) 4.58 (0.66) 6.61 (.03)
Interaction 3.00 (0.59) 3.47 (0.38) 4.39 (0.53) 11.34 (.0005) 10.50 (.17) 1.00 (.0013) 2.00 (.02)
Motivation 3.31 (0.88) 2.90 (1.19) 4.50 (0.55) 7.67 (.01)
Sponging 2.75 (0.76) 3.50 (0.71) 1.58 (0.66) 10.90 (.001) 9.50 (.13) 5.50 (.0097) .00 (.0043)
Cohesion_item 1 4.38 (0.52) 3.80 (0.45) 4.50 (0.84) 3.94 (.14)
Cohesion_item 2 3.25 (1.28) 3.40 (1.34) 2.67 (1.63) 0.86 (.68)
Withdrawing_item 1 4.00 (1.07) 4.20 (0.84) 2.50 (1.05) 6.70 (.03)
Withdrawing_item 2 2.63 (0.74) 2.80 (0.45) 1.50 (0.55) 9.31 (.0047) 18.50 (.84) 6.00 (.02) 1.50 (.0087)
Tutor functioning
Stimulating constructive/active learning 3.38 (1.16) 3.47 (0.56) 4.50 (0.41) 7.50 (.02)
Stimulating self-directed learning 3.13 (1.16) 3.40 (0.65) 3.92 (0.74) 1.86 (.41)
Stimulating contextual learning 3.00 (0.80) 3.10 (0.82) 4.33 (0.52) 8.92 (.0064) 18.50 (.84) 4.00 (.0073) 2.00 (.01)
Stimulating collaborative learning 2.31 (1.16) 3.40 (0.65) 3.92 (0.80) 6.93 (.02)
Motivation of the tutor 3.38 (0.74) 3.40 (0.55) 4.50 (0.84) 6.28 (.04)
Stimulating professional behavior 2.63 (0.92) 3.20 (0.84) 4.33 (0.82) 8.28 (.00832) 13.00 (.36) 4.00 (.0087) 5.00 (.07)