Dissonance Detected by Cluster Analysis of Responses to the Approaches and Study Skills Inventory for Students.

Long, William F.

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ERIC Number: EJ668261

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2003

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Dissonance Detected by Cluster Analysis of Responses to the Approaches and Study Skills Inventory for Students.

Long, William F.

Studies in Higher Education, v28 n1 p21-35 2003

Students completed the Approaches and Study Skills Inventory. Results suggest that small numbers of poorly attaining learners using dissonant study methods occur in a variety of educational settings. These learners are distinct from those lowly attaining ones who unreservedly use surface methods of studying and have low academic aspirations. (EV)

Descriptors: Cluster Analysis, Cognitive Dissonance, College Students, Higher Education, Learning Strategies, Low Achievement, Study Skills

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Note: Special issue titled "Perspectives on Dissonance in Student Learning," edited by Jan H. F. Meyer and Gillian M. Boulton-Lewis.