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Table 15 Factor loadings for the Korean and Thai versions of WIHIC

From: A comparison of science classroom environments between Korea and Thailand with a focus on their cultural features

Item No.

Student cohesiveness

Teacher support

Involvement

Investigation

Task orientation

Cooperation

Equity

Thai

Kor

Thai

Kor

Thai

Kor

Thai

Kor

Thai

Kor

Thai

Kor

Thai

Kor

1

.50

.72

            

2

.72

            

3

.63

.71

            

4

.81

            

5

.69

.80

            

6

.63

.32

            

7

.52

.42

            

8

.31

            

9

  

.66

.72

          

10

  

.73

.71

          

11

  

.73

.73

          

12

  

.57

.63

          

13

  

.48

.77

          

14

  

.73

.79

          

15

  

.61

.64

          

16

  

.44

.60

          

17

    

.51

.60

        

18

    

.68

.68

        

19

    

.44

.50

        

20

    

.65

.67

        

21

    

.59

.51

        

22

    

.68

.59

        

23

    

.56

.56

        

24

    

.68

.51

        

25

      

.47

.66

      

26

      

.41

.72

      

27

      

.50

.77

      

28

      

.45

.68

      

29

      

.57

.81

      

30

      

.60

.78

      

31

      

.70

.78

      

32

      

.68

.76

      

33

        

.54

.69

    

34

        

.44

.69

    

35

        

.47

.67

    

36

        

.64

.71

    

37

        

.60

.71

    

38

        

.60

.71

    

39

        

.65

.70

    

40

        

.57

.73

    

41

          

.51

.65

  

42

          

.50

.57

  

43

          

.63

.63

  

44

          

.61

.67

  

45

          

.62

.71

  

46

          

.69

.74

  

47

          

.65

.74

  

48

          

.51

.64

  

49

            

.57

.70

50

            

.68

.70

51

            

.72

.59

52

            

.71

.76

53

            

.73

.76

54

            

.75

.70

55

            

.58

.70

56

            

.70

.75

  1. Loadings smaller than 0.3 omitted