Does Mentoring Directly Improve Students’ Research Skills? Examining the Role of Information Literacy and Competency Development
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Literature Review and Hypotheses Development
2.1. Bandura’s Social Learning Theory
2.2. Mentoring
2.3. Information-Seeking Skills and Research Skills
2.4. Information-Sharing Behavior and Research Skills
2.5. Competency Development and Research Skills
3. Methods
3.1. Sampling and Data Collection
3.2. Profile of the Participants
3.3. Data Analysis Results
4. Results
4.1. Measurement Model Assessment
4.2. Structural Model Assessment
4.3. Mediating Effect
5. Discussion and Insights
6. Concluding Remarks
6.1. Summary
6.2. Implications
6.3. Limitations and Future Work
Author Contributions
Funding
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
Appendix A
Constructs | Indicators | References |
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Mentoring (MEN) | MEN1. My mentor shares the history of his/her career with me. | Younas and Bari [95] |
MEN2. My mentor discusses my questions regarding feelings of competence and commitment to advancement. | ||
MEN3. My mentor shares personal experiences as an alternative perspective on my problems. | ||
MEN4. My mentor suggests specific strategies for accomplishing work objectives. | ||
MEN5. My mentor gives me assignments that present opportunities to learn new skills. | ||
MEN6. My mentor helps me to finish assignments. | ||
MEN7. My mentor conveys feelings of respect for me as an individual. | ||
MEN8. I respect and admire my mentor. | ||
Competency development (CD) | CD1. A more experienced mentor who guides me in my research and from whose experience I can learn. | Younas and Bari [95] |
CD2. My adviser ensures I learn about the research by giving me challenging assignments. | ||
CD3. My adviser makes sure that I develop the competencies that I need for my research career. | ||
CD4. In my organization, training sessions are organized to gain knowledge. | ||
CD5. My adviser regularly gives me feedback about my performance. | ||
CD6. I can make use of personal development plans to know what competencies I need to develop. | ||
CD7. I have been given tasks that develop my competencies for the future. | ||
Information-seeking skills (ISS) | ISS1. I can use a variety of available options to search for information that my colleagues are not aware of. | Hong and Kim [96] |
1SS2. I can inform my classmates of different ways to effectively search for information. | ||
1SS3. I can generate keywords to search for information for academic work. | ||
Information-sharing behavior (ISB) | ISB1. I can interact with classmates using real-time communication tools, for example, video conferencing tools or messengers. | Hong and Kim [96] |
ISB2. I can share my opinions online, for example, with blogs, social networking services, or web pages. | ||
ISB3. I can share my files with classmates using online software. | ||
ISB4. I can collaborate with classmates using online software. | ||
Research skills (RS) | RS1. Use of catalogs, descriptor books and bibliographic records. | Ipanaqué-Zapata et al. [97] |
RS2. Relation to the formulation of a scientific problem, research objectives, and research hypotheses. | ||
RS3. Selection of the population, the sample, and the type of sampling to be used. | ||
RS4. Selection, development, and application of methods, techniques, and instruments. | ||
RS5. Analysis and processing of information through different statistical techniques. | ||
RS6. Interpretation and discussion of results are presented in tables and graphs. | ||
RS7. Drawing up conclusions and recommendations. | ||
RS8. Writing final research reports. |
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Convergent Validity | Construct Reliability | Convergent Validity | Construct Reliability | ||||||
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Loading | AVE | CR | α | Loading | α | CR | AVE | ||
CD1 | 0.770 | 0.653 | 0.912 | 0.911 | MEN1 | 0.723 | 0.573 | 0.894 | 0.893 |
CD2 | 0.841 | MEN2 | 0.762 | ||||||
CD3 | 0.852 | MEN3 | 0.758 | ||||||
CD4 | 0.787 | MEN4 | 0.793 | ||||||
CD5 | 0.792 | MEN5 | 0.773 | ||||||
CD6 | 0.799 | MEN6 | 0.730 | ||||||
CD7 | 0.813 | MEN7 | 0.768 | ||||||
ISB1 | 0.809 | 0.639 | 0.81 | 0.808 | MEN8 | 0.746 | |||
ISB2 | 0.676 | RS1 | 0.751 | 0.717 | 0.944 | 0.943 | |||
ISB3 | 0.856 | RS2 | 0.847 | ||||||
ISB4 | 0.844 | RS3 | 0.870 | ||||||
ISS1 | 0.810 | 0.724 | 0.818 | 0.810 | RS4 | 0.894 | |||
ISS2 | 0.869 | RS5 | 0.879 | ||||||
ISS3 | 0.872 | RS6 | 0.847 | ||||||
RS7 | 0.841 | ||||||||
RS8 | 0.839 |
Competency Development | Information- Sharing Behavior | Information- Seeking Skills | Mentoring | Research Skills | |
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Competency development | 0.808 | ||||
Information-sharing behavior | 0.409 | 0.800 | |||
Information-seeking skills | 0.421 | 0.507 | 0.851 | ||
Mentoring | 0.671 | 0.369 | 0.379 | 0.757 | |
Research skills | 0.332 | 0.386 | 0.422 | 0.260 | 0.847 |
Hypotheses | β | t Values | p Values | Decision |
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H1: Mentoring → Information-seeking skills | 0.379 | 8.363 | 0.000 *** | Supported |
H2: Mentoring → Information-sharing behavior | 0.369 | 9.672 | 0.000 *** | Supported |
H3: Mentoring → Competency development | 0.671 | 12.798 | 0.000 *** | Supported |
H4: Mentoring → Research skills | −0.012 | 0.179 | 0.858 ns | Not Supported |
H5: Information-seeking skills → Research skills | 0.265 | 5.086 | 0.000 *** | Supported |
H6: Information-sharing behavior → Research skills | 0.196 | 3.556 | 0.000 *** | Supported |
H7: Competency development → Research skills | 0.148 | 2.514 | 0.012 ** | Supported |
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Cutillas, A.; Benolirao, E.; Camasura, J.; Golbin, R., Jr.; Yamagishi, K.; Ocampo, L. Does Mentoring Directly Improve Students’ Research Skills? Examining the Role of Information Literacy and Competency Development. Educ. Sci. 2023, 13, 694. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci13070694
Cutillas A, Benolirao E, Camasura J, Golbin R Jr., Yamagishi K, Ocampo L. Does Mentoring Directly Improve Students’ Research Skills? Examining the Role of Information Literacy and Competency Development. Education Sciences. 2023; 13(7):694. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci13070694
Chicago/Turabian StyleCutillas, Anesito, Eingilbert Benolirao, Johannes Camasura, Rodolfo Golbin, Jr., Kafferine Yamagishi, and Lanndon Ocampo. 2023. "Does Mentoring Directly Improve Students’ Research Skills? Examining the Role of Information Literacy and Competency Development" Education Sciences 13, no. 7: 694. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci13070694
APA StyleCutillas, A., Benolirao, E., Camasura, J., Golbin, R., Jr., Yamagishi, K., & Ocampo, L. (2023). Does Mentoring Directly Improve Students’ Research Skills? Examining the Role of Information Literacy and Competency Development. Education Sciences, 13(7), 694. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci13070694