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Published reports on the use of the Appraisal of Self-care Agency (ASA) Scale among Chinese people are scarce, the procedure of testing the ASA Scale is thus necessary before it is used clinically on Chinese population. The objective of this study was to test the validity and reliability of the ASA Scale on the Chinese population. Qualitative and quantitative approaches were adopted in testing the Scale. A panel of 4 experts was invited to examine the content of the Scale and 128 elderly peoplefrom 3 elderly centers in Hong Kong were employed to examine its construct validity. Item analysis was conducted using Cronbach's Alpha coefficient to examine the reliability of the Scale. Content validity index of 0.88 was achieved resultingfrom the assessment of the 4 experts. Sevenfactors were extracted from the factor analysis representing approximately 70% of variance. The reliability coefficient for the entire Scale was 0.72. It was evident that the ASA Scale was a valid and reliable research instrumer that can be used in the Chinese communities.

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Favourable Aspects of the Experimental Teaching/Learning; Method Most frequently mentioned (by 37 students) was the method of learning. Among the many descriptive terms used were 'seeing', 'doing', 'talking over', 'associating', 'drawing together', 'finding out' -in other words, the active learning: "I liked being able to take care of one patient without being too rushed, and I liked trying to join up what I had been taught in class with what I was seeing on the ward". "You couLd see what you were discussing which made the theory easily understood and easy to remember"."It drew together all the nursing care and the theory behind it for an individual patient"."It brought out all the simple little things that made everything fit in".Active experiential learning was often linked with the opportunity for patient contact.There seemed little doubt that many students were in their element in the wards, and contrasted this favourably with the classroom alternative.This patient contact was mentioned by 28 students:"Working with patients, letting them explain their condition and how they feel, instead of being lectured to all the time"."The work with patients, and learning from their personal experiences, and the case notes, was easier than reading from books and was easier to understand". Fifteen comments related to the teaching method, i.e. the students Unpublished M.Sc Thesis, University" of Manchester KILTY, J.M (l97U) Objective Testing and Item Banking at the Royal College of Midwives.

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