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Peer reviewedRibich, Fred D.; Schmeck, Ronald R. – Journal of Research in Personality, 1979
Three self-report instruments assessing learning style were administered to 106 undergraduates. Performance measures on word list and prose learning tasks were also obtained using both immediate and delayed retention tests. Canonical correlation analysis of the pairs of instruments indicated a small to moderate amount of overlapped variance.…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, College Students, Correlation, Memory
Peer reviewedEntwistle, 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
Peer reviewedSpeth, 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
