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ERIC Number: EJ1329254
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022-Apr
Pages: 21
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1387-1579
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Constructivist Learning Environments and Forms of Learning in Ethiopian Public Universities: Testing Factor Structures and Prediction Models
Tadesse, Tefera; Melese, Wudu; Ferede, Bekalu; Getachew, Kinde; Asmamaw, Aemero
Learning Environments Research, v25 n1 p75-95 Apr 2022
While most quality debates about undergraduate education center on topics such as test scores, learning standards, and teacher quality and retention, the environment in which students learn is often neglected. We examined the dimensions of constructivist learning environments and further tested their linkages with student learning experiences across the forms of formal, non-formal, and informal episodes. To this end, the involved a cross-sectional survey design with relevant data from samples (N = 1121, Female = 454 and Male = 663) of volunteer undergraduate students enrolled in three public universities in Ethiopia. Both exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis supported the validity of 4-factor learning forms and 5-factor constructivist learning environment scales. Structural equation modeling analysis indicated good fit for these models. Moreover, results of multiple regression analyses illustrated that the domains of constructivist learning environments significantly predicted the different forms of learning, 0.22 [less than or equal to] R[superscript 2] [greater than or equal to] 0.38, with personal relevance accounting for most of the variation (0.11 [less than or equal to] [beta] [greater than or equal to] 0.38). It was concluded that undergraduate students learn in diverse ways within a constructivist learning environment, but that non-formal learning episodes were relatively rare. This could be attributed to the minimal opportunities that students have had for non-formal learning during the undergraduate years in the studied context. Implications of the findings, limitations in the existing research and suggested improvements are discussed.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Ethiopia
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