| Factor Loading | ||
|---|---|---|
| Item | 1 | 2 |
| Absolute Perspective subscale | ||
| A good college instructor often brings up questions that have more than one correct answer.* | 0.59 | 0.22 |
| College instructors should present various ideas on an issue.* | 0.53 | 0.08 |
| It’s not necessary for the instructor to answer all of my questions I post in class; fellow students can often do it instead.* | 0.52 | 0.04 |
| I like it when an instructor brings up a question that he or she doesn’t know the answer to.* | 0.50 | 0.06 |
| In a good online course I would learn as much from fellow students as I would from the instructor.* | 0.49 | 0.14 |
| I usually like it when my instructor answers a question with “it depends” and follows this by a discussion of the topic.* | 0.43 | 0.11 |
| In an online course, I would want the instructor to answer the questions I post instead of other students. | 0.40 | 0.26 |
| Reading messages posted by other students should be an important part of a good online class.* | 0.38 | 0.18 |
| Absolute Knowledge subscale | ||
| If I heard an instructor say “we don’t know the answer to that” I would worry about taking a class from him/her. | 0.24 | 0.71 |
| An instructor who says “nobody really knows the answer to that” is probably a bad instructor. | 0.02 | 0.69 |
| There is one right answer for most questions and a good instructor knows it. | 0.15 | 0.49 |
| A good instructor gives facts and leaves theories out of the discussion. | 0.14 | 0.48 |
| Factor Loading | ||
|---|---|---|
| Item | 1 | 2 |
| A good college instructor often brings up questions that have more than one correct answer. | 0.59 | 0.22 |
| College instructors should present various ideas on an issue. | 0.53 | 0.08 |
| It’s not necessary for the instructor to answer all of my questions I post in class; fellow students can often do it instead. | 0.52 | 0.04 |
| I like it when an instructor brings up a question that he or she doesn’t know the answer to. | 0.50 | 0.06 |
| In a good online course I would learn as much from fellow students as I would from the instructor. | 0.49 | 0.14 |
| I usually like it when my instructor answers a question with “it depends” and follows this by a discussion of the topic. | 0.43 | 0.11 |
| In an online course, I would want the instructor to answer the questions I post instead of other students. | 0.40 | 0.26 |
| Reading messages posted by other students should be an important part of a good online class. | 0.38 | 0.18 |
| If I heard an instructor say “we don’t know the answer to that” I would worry about taking a class from him/her. | 0.24 | 0.71 |
| An instructor who says “nobody really knows the answer to that” is probably a bad instructor. | 0.02 | 0.69 |
| There is one right answer for most questions and a good instructor knows it. | 0.15 | 0.49 |
| A good instructor gives facts and leaves theories out of the discussion. | 0.14 | 0.48 |
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