Development of an instrument to assess learning strategies.
Items to measure learning strategies were extracted from students' written narratives about their study and learning habits. A resulting 79-item instrument was administered to 321 graduate and undergraduate students. From factor analysis of the correlation matrix four factors were identified: (I) reflective metacognition, (II) procedural metacognition, (III) rote memorization, and (IV) procrastination. There were significant positive correlations between GPA and Factors I and II and a significant negative correlation between Factor IV and GPA.
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College of Education, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa 35487-0231.
Iran-Nejad
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D000124:Achievement; D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D007858:Learning; D011939:Mental Recall; D009042:Motivation; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*