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Wong, Lillian L. C.; Nunan, David – System: An International Journal of Educational Technology and Applied Linguistics, 2011
This paper presents the results of a comparative investigation into the learning styles and strategies of effective and ineffective language learners. Subjects for the study were one hundred and ten undergraduate university students in Hong Kong. They were categorized as "more effective" or "less effective" learners, on the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Questionnaires, Study Habits
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Ning, H. K.; Downing, Kevin – Educational Research, 2010
Background: Whilst past studies have established the joint influence of student learning experience and study behaviour on academic achievement, few attempts have been made to determine their causal ordering in a longitudinal framework. Purpose: This study explored the reciprocal relationship between learning experience and study behaviour, and…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries, Learning Experience
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Yip, Michael C. W. – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2009
Following up on the general framework of the research study of Yip (2007), this article sets out a similar research question, investigating the differences between high and low academic achieving Hong Kong university students based on their different learning and study strategies. In this study, we recruited 100 university students who pursued…
Descriptors: College Students, Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries, Learning Strategies