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Approaches to Studying: Associations with Learning Conceptions and Preferences for Teaching
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Carstensen, Tove; Ødegaard, Nina B.; Bonsaksen, Tore – Cogent Education, 2018
Background: Research into occupational therapy students' approaches to studying is growing, and research has shown approaches to studying to be associated with academic performance. However, learning conceptions and preferences for teaching among occupational therapy students have rarely been reported, and their relationships to study approaches…
Descriptors: Study Habits, Teaching Methods, Preferences, Occupational Therapy
Approaches to Studying and Perceptions of the Academic Environment among University Students in China
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Price, Linda; Richardson, John T. E.; Robinson, Bernadette; Ding, Xia; Sun, Xiaoling; Han, Cuiling – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2011
It has been claimed that students from "Confucian-heritage" cultures approach studying in higher education differently from Western students. This study investigated the experiences and the approaches to studying of students at a university in China. A total of 356 students completed both the Course Experience Questionnaire (CEQ) and the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Environment, Teaching Methods, Study Habits
A Workshop Activity to Demonstrate that Approaches to Learning Are Influenced by the Teaching and Learning Environment
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Kember, David; Leung, Doris Y. P.; McNaught, Carmel – Active Learning in Higher Education, 2008
It is important to demonstrate to those taking courses for new teachers that approaches to learning have a relational nature--that they are influenced by the teaching and learning context. This article describes a workshop activity, based on the Revised Study Process Questionnaire. Workshop participants recorded their approaches to learning in two…
Descriptors: Social Sciences, Workshops, Educational Environment, Humanities
"Revisiting" the South Pacific Approaches to Learning: A Confirmatory Factor Analysis Study
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Phan, Huy P.; Deo, Bisun – Higher Education Research and Development, 2008
There has been substantial research evidence concerning the learning approaches of students in Western and non-Western contexts. Nonetheless, it has been a decade since research in the South Pacific was conducted on the learning approaches of tertiary students. The present research examined the learning approaches of Fijian and other Pacific…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Factor Analysis, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods
Using Learning Style Instruments to Enhance Student Learning
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Hawk, Thomas F.; Shah, Amit J. – Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education, 2007
The emergence of numerous learning style models over the past 25 years has brought increasing attention to the idea that students learn in diverse ways and that one approach to teaching does not work for every student or even most students. We have reviewed five learning style instruments (the Kolb Learning Style Indicator, the Gregorc Style…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Learning Strategies, Learning Motivation, Teaching Methods
Improving Student Learning Using the Personalised System of Instruction.
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Hambleton, Ian R.; Foster, William H.; Richardson, John T. E. – Higher Education, 1998
College mathematics and computer science students in two math courses (conventional lecture-based, and a multimedia variant of the Personalized System of Instruction) completed the Approaches to Studying Inventory. Students in the latter course obtained higher scores on meaning orientation. The effect was significant in computer-science students,…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College Instruction, College Mathematics, College Students