Selected Factors Predicting Desired to Self-Regulation among Nursing Students at Eastern Asia University

Abstract

The purposes of this descriptive predictive study were to examine self-regulation and selected factors predictive from achievement motives, learning Styles and preference – based teaching among nursing students at Eastern Asia University. Simple random sampling was used to recruit 353 nursing students during 2017. Questionnaires were used to collect personal data, learning Styles, achievement motives in learning and self-regulation in learning. The questionnaires were tested for their content validity by a panel of experts. Their Cronbach’ s alpha coefficients were .83, .80 and .92 respectively. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistic and enter multiple regression. The result was found (1) Self-regulation among nursing students at Eastern Asia University was at appropriate level ( = 4.07, S.D. = 0.38) In addition, achievement motives can explain the variation in self-regulation among nursing students at Eastern Asia University of 52% (R2 = .520, p = .05) The results can be used as a guideline for teaching and learning. The activity is appropriate with learning styles and preference – based teaching for nursing student have achievement motives and selfregulation involves relevant theory, laboratory, and practice was a high level.