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Richardson, John T. E. – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2010
Background: The attainment of White students at UK institutions of higher education tends to be higher than that of students from other ethnic groups, but the causes of this are unclear. Aims: This study compared White students and students from other ethnic groups in their conceptions of learning, their approaches to studying, and their academic…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Open Universities, Student Attitudes, Distance Education
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Richardson, John T. E. – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2007
This study investigated the relationships between demographic characteristics, motives and attitudes to studying, self-reported study behaviour and measures of outcome. Students taking courses by distance learning received a postal survey containing a short form of the Motivated Strategies and Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ) and the Revised…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Student Characteristics, Student Motivation, Study Habits