International Journal of STEM Education

Table 4 Summary of PCA for LIST36, item loadings <0.4 suppressed, N = 1187

From: Refining questionnaire-based assessment of STEM students’ learning strategies

LIST items	Elaborating	Repeating	Effort	Learning Environment	Attention	Peer Learning	Time Management	Using Reference	Organizing
ela2	0.74
ela4	0.71
ela6	0.68
ela3	0.63
ela5	0.56
repeating7		0.70
repeating6		0.65
repeating3		0.60
repeating4		0.56
repeating2		0.48
repeating1		0.47
effort3			0.66
effort2			0.64
effort8			0.61
effort6			0.56
effort1			0.53
environ5				0.75
environ6				0.75
environ1				0.57
environ4				0.56
environ2				0.55
attention6					0.87
attention5					0.85
attention4					0.84
peer1						0.84
peer2						0.83
peer6						0.76
time3							0.79
time4							0.77
time1							0.72
reference4								0.75
reference1								0.73
reference3								0.72
orga2									0.76
orga5									0.74
orga3									0.69
Percentage of variance	16.52	7.20	6.38	5.75	5.38	4.53	3.86	3.46	3.08
Cronbach’s α	0.72	0.72	0.71	0.73	0.82	0.77	0.72	0.73	0.72

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