TABLE 5.
Item | Avg | SD |
Peer support | 3.4 | 0.7 |
I trust others in this course | 3.5 | 0.8 |
I feel that students in this course care about each other | 3.4 | 0.8 |
I feel connected to others in this course | 3.4 | 0.9 |
I feel confident that others in this course will support me | 3.4 | 0.8 |
I feel that I can rely on others in this course | 3.4 | 0.9 |
Learning support | 3.1 | 0.4 |
I feel that I am given ample opportunities to learn in this course | 3.7 | 0.8 |
I feel that I receive timely feedback in this course | 3.6 | 0.8 |
* I feel that this course results in only modest learning | 3.3 | 0.8 |
* I feel that my educational needs are not being met in this course | 2.7 | 1.0 |
* I feel that this course does not promote a desire to learn | 2.4 | 1.0 |
Items are grouped into two dimensions of peer support and learning support. Each dimension consists of five related items on a five-point Likert scale (1 = strongly disagree, 5 = strongly agree). Average (Avg) and standard deviation (SD) for each dimension and item are reported. Items with * are reverse coded, and ratings are reported after being converted to the positive scale.