Table 5 The influence of prior simulation experience on students’ persistence
Prior simulation experience | Behavioural effort | Instructional settings | Fisher’s exact test of independence | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Unguided | Guided | |||
No | Low persistence | 6 (66.7%) | 6 (37.5%) | Exact Sig. (2-sided) = 0.226 |
| Â | High persistence | 3 (33.3%) | 10 (62.5%) | Â |
Yes | Low persistence | 13 (86.7%) | 7 (25.0%) | Exact Sig. (2-sided) = 0.000* |
|  | High persistence | 2 (13.3%) | 21 (75.0%) | Phi = 0.589 |
No | One concept and below | 6 (66.7%) | 9 (56.3%) | Exact Sig. (2-sided) = 0.691 |
| Â | Two concepts and above | 3 (33.3%) | 7 (43.8%) | Â |
Yes | One concept and below | 12 (80.0%) | 11 (39.3%) | Exact Sig. (2-sided) = 0.023* |
|  | Two concepts and above | 3 (20.0%) | 17 (60.7%) | Phi = 0.389 |