Measurement properties of a peer‐teaching scale for nursing education

Brett Williams, Lisa McKenna, Jill French and Simon Dousek

Nursing & Health Sciences, 2013, vol. 15, issue 3, 368-373

Abstract: Teaching is a key role for nurses in contemporary clinical practice. Consequently, peer‐assisted learning continues to gather momentum in nursing education in tertiary and professional education settings. In this study, we investigated the factor structure of the Peer Teaching Experience Questionnaire when completed by a group of nursing undergraduates from a large Australian university. Data from the 14‐item Peer Teaching Experience Questionnaire completed by third year undergraduate nursing students were analyzed using factor analysis. A total of 257 final (third)‐year undergraduate nursing students participated in the study. Factor analysis of the 14 items revealed three factors with eigenvalues above 1, accounting for 47.3% of the total variance. Items with loadings greater than ± 0.40, with the factor in question, were used to characterize the factor solutions. Findings from the exploratory factor analysis provide preliminary results that the Peer Teaching Experience Questionnaire has adequate dimensionality and reliability.

Date: 2013
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