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The Disposition to Understand for Oneself at University: Integrating Learning Processes with Motivation and Metacognition
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Entwistle, Noel; McCune, Velda – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2013
Background: A re-analysis of several university-level interview studies has suggested that some students show evidence of a deep and stable approach to learning, along with other characteristics that support the approach. This combination, it was argued, could be seen to indicate a "disposition to understand for oneself." Aim: To…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Learning Processes, Metacognition, Interviews
The Academic Performance of Students. 2. Types of Successful Students
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Entwistle, N. J.; Brennan, T. – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 1971
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cluster Grouping, College Students, Measurement Instruments
The Functional and Developmental Organization of Cognitive Developmental Sequences
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Demetriou, Andreas; Kyriakides, Leonidas – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2006
This study examines the organization and development of 5 domains of reasoning (categorical, quantitative, spatial, causal, and propositional) and the construct validity of a test designed to measure development from early adolescence to early adulthood. The theory underlying the test is first summarized and the conceptual design of the test is…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Epistemology, Validity, Factor Analysis
An Exploration of the Relationship between Academic and Experiential Learning Approaches in Vocational Education
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Stavenga de Jong, Jan A.; Wierstra, Ronny F. A.; Hermanussen, Jose – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2006
Background: Research on individual learning approaches (or learning styles) is split in two traditions, one of which is biased towards academic learning, and the other towards learning from direct experience. Aims: In the reported study, the two traditions are linked by investigating the relationships between school-based (academic) and work-based…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Factor Analysis, Vocational Education, Education Work Relationship