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New University Students' Instructional Preferences and How These Relate to Learning Styles and Motivational Strategies
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Garcia-Ros, Rafael; Perez, Francisco; Talaya, Isabel – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2008
Introduction: The main objective of this study is to analyze the dimensions which underlie new university students' preferences for instructional methods, and how these preferences relate to their learning styles and motivational strategies. Method: The sample consisted of 158 students in their first year of teacher training at the University of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Cognitive Style, Learning Processes, Preservice Teacher Education
Learning in Autonomous Student Groups: Learning Skills as a Predictor of Satisfaction.
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Miall, David S. – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1987
This study administered two questionnaires to college sophomores in an English literature class. Tests measured the student's satisfaction with different types of instruction, including lectures, group work, and individual work. (RB)
Descriptors: College Students, English Instruction, Individualized Instruction, Learning Strategies
Approaches to Studying and Levels of Processing in University Students.
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Entwistle, Noel J.; Waterston, Susan – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 1988
Describes study that compared results of two inventories, one based on cognitive psychology and one from educational research, that measured university students' study styles and strategies. Factor analyses of the inventories and correlations between are reported, and research results from the United States and from other countries are discussed.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Psychology, Correlation, Factor Analysis, Foreign Countries
Attention to Semantic versus Phonetic Verbal Attributes as a Function of Individual Differences in Arousal and Learning Strategy.
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Schmeck, Ronald R; Spofford, Mark – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1982
An investigation was undertaken to determine whether highly aroused (e.g. highly anxious) students are handicapped with regard to their ability to learn through deep processing and elaboration. The hypothesis that well-developed deep and elaborative habits of thought might counteract the disruptive effects that excessive arousal has upon students…
Descriptors: Arousal Patterns, Attention, Cognitive Style, Higher Education
Study Approaches, Processes and Strategies: Are Three Perspectives Better than One?
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Speth, Carol; Brown, Robert – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 1988
Describes study of 383 college students in educational psychology classes that was designed to determine how students describe study activities. Completed inventories are compared from three theoretical perspectives: cognitive processes, approaches to learning, and autonomous studying, and factor analyses are explained. (25 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis, Educational Psychology, Factor Analysis
Learning and Study Practices of Postsecondary American Indian/Alaska Native Students
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Aragon, Steven R. – Journal of American Indian Education, 2004
This study examined the learning and study practices of postsecondary American Indian/Alaska Native students attending community colleges in the southwest. Using a survey design, students completed the Kagan Matching Familiar Figures Test, the Schmeck, Ribich, and Ramanaiah Inventory of Learning Processes, and the Weinstein, Palmer, and Schulte…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indian Students, College Students, Study Skills
Self-Concept and Learning: The Revised Inventory of Learning Processes.
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Schmeck, Ronald R.; And Others – Educational Psychology: An International Journal of Experimental Educational Psychology, 1991
Describes early research examining the validity of the original Inventory of Learning Processes. Presents a revised version of the inventory with reliability and validity data. Discusses reflective and agentic processing as the two major routes to academic achievement. Concludes that the smooth flow of cognition depends on the student's…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Processes