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Ferla, Johan; Valcke, Martin; Schuyten, Gilberte – Studies in Higher Education, 2009
This study aims to identify student models of learning (sets of "intra-student" cognitions about learning) and to investigate their effect on study strategies. A two-step cluster analysis identified four student models of learning, representing students' self-efficacy beliefs, learning conceptions, attributions for academic performance…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Multivariate Analysis, Study Skills, Learning Strategies
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Hayes, Kay; Richardson, John T. E. – Studies in Higher Education, 1995
Approaches to studying were measured in male and female students taking arts and sciences degrees at three British colleges. Students taking science courses had greater reproduction orientation than those in arts courses. Females had greater meaning orientation in arts courses taken in a "female" learning environment, and when taking…
Descriptors: Art, Cognitive Style, College Environment, College Students