1. CECS 6800 Presentation on Survey instrument and findings
This paper covers the creation of a tool to measure the positive use of stress in an educational situation

2. CECS 6800 Presentation on Survey instrument and findings
The initial survey instrument (the first 44 questions, 28 from another instrument (Knezek, 2005) and 16 from the author) was administered to eight individuals not involved in the training

3. CECS 6800 Presentation on Survey instrument and findings
The remaining 21 questions, created by the author, were added and the questionnaire was sent to 69 former students

4. CECS 6800 Presentation on Survey instrument and findings
The questions have a Likert scale (Strongly Disagree, Disagree, Undecided, Agree and Strongly Agree) which were recorded as values from 1 to 5.

5. CECS 6800 Presentation on Survey instrument and findings
The goals of this survey are twofold:
One is to inquire student’s thoughts on stress and if they believe that stress, whether it is in the form of a timed activity, accelerated learning or workload, inhibits the learning process.

6. CECS 6800 Presentation on Survey instrument and findings
The second goal is to measure their thoughts after they participate in the training; did they find the troubleshooting activity useful in learning the software.

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Test
Number of fields
Number of Factors
Cronbach Value
% Variance explained
Correlation good at 0.01 level? 1 37 12
0.669
79.4
Not tried 2 7
60.1 3 26
0.892
75.7 4 5
67.1 No 18
0.894
76.9 6 16
0.909 14
0.925
83.9
Yes

8. CECS 6800 Presentation on Survey instrument and findings
Factor 1 Learned from the activity.
Factor 2 Trouble shooting skill enhanced
Factor 3 Enjoyed the activity after
completion, helped in approaching and
fixing problems.
Factor 4 Pressure brings out my best and
pressure can be a learning enhancement.
Factor 5 Activity represents work and I
will be more productive at work.

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Conclusion:
The stress added in the labs work to make the learning experience more effective and useful.