Document Type : Research Paper
Author
PhD student of Educational Psychology, Department of Psychology, Roudehen Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
Mindful learning has recently been utilized in education due to its significant and valuable effects on the learning process. It is considered an effective approach to enhance learners’ awareness of learning, their engagement with the learning context, and their flexibility toward new ideas. However, there is still no standardized instrument available to assess this construct.Therefore, the present study was conducted with the aim of developing, exploring the factor structure, and validating a
Mindful Learning Questionnaire among university students
combined exploratory method with a tool compilation model was used.In the qualitative part, text analysis was done in a deductive-inductive way from books and articles related to mindful learning that were selected from Google Scholar and Elsevier databasesFactors affecting mindful learning were extracted from the book Mindful Learning(E. J. Langer, 2000) by combining items from the Mindfulness Questionnaire(Baer et al., 2008) and the Mindful Student Questionnaire(Renshaw, 2017) and were implemented on the prototype and implemented with a sample. In the quantitative part, the statistical population consisted of 256 students from the electronics unit of Tehran Azad University in 2023-2024, who were selected online and available and completed the questionnaire.
fit of the model with the collected data. confirmed Therefore, the factor load of all indicators was greater than 0.32, which indicates the power of each of the integrated packages of questionnaire items in measuring its five factors. Cronbach's alpha coefficient of the whole questionnaire was 0.94, which shows a positive and significant correlation between the factors and the total score of conscious mindful learning and indicates its acceptable convergent validity. Also, the reliability of the whole test was estimated as 0.79 by retest method.
The result of this study is the appropriate validity and reliability of the Mindful Learning Questionnaire in students, which can be used to measure and research this component.
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