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Crede, Marcus; Phillips, L. Alison – Learning and Individual Differences, 2011
The current paper presents a meta-analytic review of the Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ), which consists of fifteen subscales designed from classic social-cognitive learning theories and which is widely used to predict academic performance. Results based on 2158 correlations from 67 independent samples and 19,900 college…
Descriptors: Questionnaires, Meta Analysis, Correlation, College Students
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Chiesi, Francesca; Primi, Caterina – Learning and Individual Differences, 2009
The aim of the present research was to test the psychometric properties of the Italian version of the Survey of Attitudes Toward Statistics (SATS) in order to acquire a valid instrument to measure attitudes inside the Italian educational context. The SATS was administered to Italian-speaking undergraduate students enrolled in introductory…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Validity, Factor Structure, Factor Analysis
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Lounsbury, John W.; Levy, Levy J.; Park, Soo-Hee; Gibson, Lucy W.; Smith, Ryan – Learning and Individual Differences, 2009
Based on samples of 398 middle school students, 568 high school students, and 1159 college students, self-directed learning was found to be related to cumulative grade-point-average at all levels as well as to Big Five personality traits (Openness, Conscientiousness, Emotional Stability, and Extraversion), narrow personality traits (Optimism,…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, College Students, Vocational Interests, Construct Validity
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Zhu, Chang; Valcke, Martin; Schellens, Tammy – Learning and Individual Differences, 2008
This paper reports findings with regard to learning conceptions and approaches to learning of Flemish and Chinese students. The Conceptions of Learning Inventory (COLI) and the Approaches and Study Skills Inventory for Students (ASSIST) were administered to first-year university students from China (N = 362) and Flanders (N = 360). The 3-factor…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Foreign Countries, Study Skills, Interpersonal Competence