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Lastusaari, Mika; Laakkonen, Eero; Murtonen, Mari – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2016
The theory of learning approaches has proven to be one of the most powerful theories explaining university students' learning. However, learning approaches are sensitive to the situation and the content of learning. Chemistry has its own specific features that should be considered when exploring chemistry students' learning habits, specifically…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Instruction, Cognitive Style, Learning Processes
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Ahonen, Elsi; Pyhältö, Kirsi; Pietarinen, Janne; Soini, Tiina – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2015
Student teacher learning is a key issue for further professional development. Literature on student teacher learning suggests that students learn about teaching and undergo professional transformation during their education. However, studies often focus on a certain time period and on how students should learn instead of how they actually do…
Descriptors: Learning Processes, Teacher Education, Student Teachers, Student Motivation
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Hailikari, Telle Katriina; Parpala, Anna – Teaching in Higher Education, 2014
The aim of the study is to explore how students' experiences of enhancing and impeding factors and approaches to learning are related to students' study progress. A total of 93 students from the Faculty of Arts and Humanities participated in the study by answering a Learn-questionnaire regarding their experiences of the enhancing and impeding…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cognitive Style, College Students, Student Surveys
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Smeds, Pia; Jeronen, Eila; Kurppa, Sirpa – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2015
Farm education is a newly emerging field of research that utilises authentic learning environments, environments that combine a subject of academic study with its real-world surroundings, actors, and activities--in this case, the practical context of a farm. The aim of the study was to investigate the effects of various learning environments…
Descriptors: Agricultural Occupations, Statistical Analysis, Mixed Methods Research, Computer Software
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Vilppu, Henna; Mikkila-Erdmann, Mirjamaija; Ahopelto, Ilona – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2013
The aim of the study was to investigate the role of regulation and processing strategies in understanding science text. A total of 91 student teachers answered open-ended questions concerning photosynthesis before and after reading either a traditional or a refutational science text. After this, they also answered parts of the Inventory of…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Reading Processes, Science Instruction, Role
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Linnakyla, Pirjo – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 1991
Information acquisition and processing skills of 661 Finnish vocational education students were studied through students' writings, including an open-ended test. About 20 percent were assessed as self-directed learners, but the majority could search for and transmit information in a text. Results are discussed in light of demands of further…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Foreign Countries, High School Students, Independent Study
Leino, Anna-Liisa – 1982
Case studies involving learning styles and strategies in English as a second language are examined, based on previous research in which two English pilot tests were administered to a sample of Finnish University students. Those who scored high and low on the two tests were selected for structured interviews, where attention was directed to…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cognitive Style, Cognitive Tests, College Students
Leino, Anna-Liisa – 1980
A pilot study was conducted to determine effective methods for testing students' learning processes. The theoretical framework within which learning processes were investigated is based on the B-P-E paradigm. This states that "Behavior (B) is a function of the Person (P) and the Environment (E)". After reviewing research done in related…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Cognitive Style, Conceptual Tempo