Table 1.

Cognitive congruence from the students’ and student tutors’ perspectives in online student tutorials. Items that differ significantly are marked with *. The data were collected in summer term 2021 at the Medical Faculty of the Eberhard-Karls University Tuebingen, N = 128 medical students participated.

	Medical students		Student tutors		t-test	Cohen’s d
Items	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	p	d
Shared knowledge base	3.52	1.00	3.71	0.64	0.256	0.209
Similar language use*	4.36	0.74	4.00	0.71	0.042	0.498
Tutor prefers informal contact	3.78	1.08	3.81	0.93	0.901	0.030
No hesitation in case of ambiguities	4.31	1.01	3.95	0.921	0.133	0.364
Stress-free and relaxed learning atmosphere*	4.49	0.80	4.05	1.07	0.031	0.525
Comprehensible and informal communication	4.46	0.79	4.14	0.79	0.092	0.409
Open and non-judgmental learning environment	4.40	0.87	4.00	0.78	0.051	0.474