Measuring students’ approaches to learning in different clinical rotations

BMC Medical Education

Table 2 Mean scores on the subscales of approaches to learning

Approach/scale/item	Mean	SD	Cronbach’s alpha
Surface approach	21.61	5.23	0.74
Surface motive	11.46	2.19	0.65
Surface strategy	10.73	2.23	0.65
Deep approach	27.49	5.98	0.83
Deep motive	14.13	2.18	0.78
Deep strategy	13.94	2.12	0.79
Achieving approach	26.30	6.02	0.84
Achieving motive	12.88	2.57	0.73
Achieving strategy	14.01	2.36	0.81

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