Attitude Questionnaire about University Education: a Case Study at UAM-I

Considering that the attitudes have a great importance in the academic performance of the students, the elaboration and validation of an instrument to evaluate the attitudes towards university formation of students in Basic Sciences and Engineering is reported. The instrument was validated by experts and the internal consistency analysis reported a total Cronbach Alpha of 0.96. It was applied to a group of 123 students; factor analysis (Bartlett of 131.38 with p<0.0001 and KMO of 0.842) allowed to identify two factors associated with group and with individual processes. The cluster analysis of each factor (Anova p < 0.001) permitted the identification of three levels in the attitudes scale. The description of the attitudes profiles towards university formation was constructed for each level in every dimension. The description of the attitudinal profile is exemplified for two students in propaedeutic training.