The Approaches to Study Inventory was completed by 316 of a sample of 473 Australian nursing students. Construct validation supported two orientations to study: meaning (deep learning) and reproducing (surface learning). Lack of change in orientation from the first to the third year suggests a need to nurture deep-level learning. (SK)

Learning processes, as measured by the Approaches to Studying Inventory, contributed to the prediction of freshman grades of 181 Australians. Other measures, such as college entrance examinations, locus of control, and student background characteristics, had less predictive ability. (GDC)