Graduation Year
2019
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree
Ed.D.
Degree Name
Doctor of Education (Ed.D.)
Degree Granting Department
Adult, Career and Higher Education
Major Professor
Waynne B. James, Ed.D.
Committee Member
Robert F. Dedrick, Ph.D.
Committee Member
Patricia A. Maher, Ph.D.
Committee Member
Thomas E. Miller, Ph.D.
Keywords
affectation, cognition, conation, confirmatory factor analysis, construct validity, learning patterns
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to validate the Learning Connections Inventory for use with the military Physician Assistant students at the Interservice Physician Assistant Program at Fort Sam Houston, TX. The 61 participants in this study completed both a demographic survey and the Learning Connections Inventory (LCI©). The results of the demographic questionnaire depicted the characteristics of the participants and the LCI© described the learning patterns of each participant.
Research Questions one, confirmation of the current LCI© model, and two, the instructor assessment and the current model agreement, were answered using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and construct validity. The results of the Learning Connections Inventory were used to determine if the original learning patterns described by an exploratory factor analysis (EFA) were still true. Although this study was completed using suboptimal circumstances (small sample size), some results need to be used with caution.
The analyses indicated that the Confirmatory Factor Analysis did not support the current LCI© model of four factors (Sequence, Precise, Technical, Confluent). Only two of the factors (Technical and Confluent) were a good fit using alternative statistical measures. A MANOVA was used to answer Research Question three, commonalities and/or differences in learning patterns of IPAP students by gender and branch of service. Research Question four investigated the commonalities and/or differences between recycled students and non-recycled students. Recycled students did not have learning patterns different than successful students.
Scholar Commons Citation
Worsham, Roberta, "Learning Connections Inventory© Validation Using A Physician Assistant Training Program" (2021). USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/etd/10370
