Medical students’ self-efficacy in problem-based learning and its relationship with self-regulated learning

Figures & data

Table 1 Students’ mean SRLP scores according to their characteristics

	Subscales of SRLP (mean±standard deviation)
	Motivation and action to learning	Planning and goal setting	Strategy use and assessment	Lack of self-directedness	Total
Year
Second year (n=286)	3.91±0.55	3.79±0.68	3.73±0.50	3.43±0.68	3.71±0.46
Third year (n=275)	3.89±0.52	3.79±0.62	3.72±0.52	3.25±0.67	3.66±0.47
t;p*	0.56;>0.05	−0.05;>0.05	0.17;>0.05	3.07;<0.001**	1.12;>0.05
Gender
Female (n=316)	3.92±0.52	3.84±0.63	3.73±0.49	3.39±0.66	3.71±0.46
Male (n=244)	3.88±0.55	3.73±0.67	3.71±0.54	3.28±0.71	3.66±0.47
t;p*	0.76;>0.05	2.02;<0.017**	0.28;>0.05	1.76;>0.05	1.16;>0.05
Total (n=561)	3.90±0.54	3.79±0.65	3.72±0.51	3.34±0.68

*t is student's t-test.

**Cohen's d for planning and goal setting was 0.17; for lack of self-directedness this was 0.27.

Table 2 Students’ mean of SPBL scores according to their characteristics

	Subscales of SPBL (mean±standard deviation)
	Group interaction	Responsibility	Problem solving	Total
Year
Second year (n=285)	3.88±0.54	4.023±0.566	3.89±0.54	3.92±0.50
Third Year (n=275)	3.91±0.58	4.035±0.640	3.88±0.58	3.92±0.56
t;p*	−0.37; > 0.05	0.05; > 0.05	0.59; > 0.05	0.04; > 0.05
Gender
Female (n=316)	3.91±0.54	4.10±0.55	3.93±0.52	3.95±0.50
Male (n=244)	3.88±0.59	3.94±0.66	3.83±0.61	3.87±0.57
t;p*	0.58; > 0.05	2.96;<0.003**	1.81; > 0.05	1.71; > 0.05
Total (n=560)	3.89±0.56	4.03±0.60	3.89±0.56

*t is student's t-test.

**Cohen's d for responsibility was 0.26.

Table 3 The relationship between SRLP and SPBL subscales and students’ views on benefiting from PBL

Scales	Benefiting from PBL
Subscales of SRLP	Correlation coefficients
Motivation and action to learning	0.222*
Planning and goal setting	0.190*
Strategy use and assessment	0.218*
Lack of self-directedness	0.060
Subscales of SPBL
Group interaction	0.219*
Responsibility	0.239*
Problem solving	0.218*

*p < 0.01.

Table 4 The relationship between SRLP and SPBL subscales

	Correlation coefficients
	Subscales of SPBL
Subscales of SRLP	Group interaction	Responsibility	Problem solving
Motivation and action to learning	0.457*	0.450*	0.427*
Planning and goal setting	0.438*	0.409*	0.449*
Strategy use and assessment	0.492*	0.450*	0.501*
Lack of self-directedness	0.212*	0.214*	0.252*

*p < 0.01.