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Table 6 Means and standard deviations for knowledge, strategic processing, and interest for the low and high global awareness clusters

From: Person-centered analysis of factors related to STEM students’ global awareness

  

All groups

(n = 425)

Cluster I

Low global awareness (n = 236)

Cluster II

High global awareness (n = 189)

F values of ANOVA

  

M (SD)

M (SD)

M (SD)

 

Knowledge

Acclimation

90.56 (14.82)

87.66 (16.33)

94.18 (11.76)

21.25*

Competency

70.02 (22.91)

64.70 (24.83)

76.66 (18.24)

30.62*

Proficiency

36.45 (22.58)

25.84 (16.57)

49.68 (22.11)

161.14*

Strategic processing

Acclimation

80.44 (19.79)

76.18 (20.77)

85.75 (17.12)

44.10*

Competency

73.11 (18.54)

68.53 (19.79)

78.83 (15.04)

12.68*

Proficiency

56.47 (16.72)

48.87 (13.42)

65.96 (15.57)

100.97*

Engagement interest

Casual

3.43 (1.09)

3.01 (1.07)

3.95 (0.87)

92.72*

Deliberate

1.74 (0.74)

1.33 (0.34)

2.23 (0.80)

238.50*

Intentional interest

Easy

55.24 (24.36)

44.24 (24.04)

68.96 (16.57)

144.73*

Effortful

44.38 (25.53)

31.49 (20.88)

60.47 (20.55)

204.90*

  1. M mean, SD standard deviation
  2. *The difference between the means of cluster I and cluster II is statistically significant at p < 0.001