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Advan. Physiol. Edu. 27: 207-223, 2003; doi:10.1152/advan.00003.2002
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TABLE 10 Beginning-of-semester attitude survey: all groups

Item Scale: 1 = Strongly Disagree ... 5 = Strongly Agree 1 2 3 4 5

1 Answering the questions at the end of each textbook chapter will help me do well in this class 5.2 1.7 12 33 48
2 I like participating in group discussions in class 7.6 8.1 41 25 19
3 Reading the textbook will help me understand the material in class 2.3 6.9 15 39 37
4 I enjoy activities performed in class 2.3 4 21 38 35
5 Reading the textbook will help me understand the material in this class 2.3 3.5 16 38 41
6 I feel confident I can do well in human physiology 5.2 9.2 31 35 20
7 I feel at ease in human physiology 12 21 35 24 7.5
8 I learn more from doing than from listening 3.5 7.5 23 29 37
9 Most people can understand human physiology 13 27 41 15 3.5
10 Performing the exercises in the student workbook will help me learn the material for this class 2.3 3.5 15 43 36
11 The subject of human physiology is interesting to me 6.9 5.2 29 36 23
12 Doing the student workbook exercises will help me do well in this class 2.3 2.3 16 43 36
13 I prefer classes where lecture is the only means of instruction 22 31 26 13 8.1
14 I enjoy talking to other people about human physiology 6.9 21 43 22 6.9
15 I really like human physiology 8.7 19 35 27 10
16 Human physiology is too hard for me 17 32 32 12 6.9
17 The experiments we perform in lab will help me reinforce what I learn in lecture 2.9 6.4 25 42 24
18 I enjoy learning about human physiology 5.8 8.7 34 41 12
19 Human physiology makes me feel uncomfortable 15 32 30 16 8.1
20 I do not like to answer questions out-loud in class 9.2 13 36 25 17
21 It makes me nervous to even think about doing a physiology experiment 24 36 22 12 5.8
22 I like interacting with others in class 2.9 9.8 30 35 22
23 I learn more from lecture than from activities 15 23 43 14 5.8
24 It scares me to have to take a human physiology course 12 31 32 15 11
25 I learn best when I am an active participant in class 2.9 10 30 34 23

Results are expressed as a percentage of the total number of students who replied to the survey (n = 173).





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