An investigation of student teachers' study strategies with respect to certain variables

Abstract

This study aimed to determine the study strategies of student teachers attending vocational education faculties and whether these habits are affected by certain variables (department, year of study, positive perception of university and lecturer, time spent studying). The study sample consisted of a total of 746 student teachers from 5 departments, 380 of whom were freshman students and 366 of whom were senior students. The results revealed that student teachers' study strategies were at a moderate level. Additionally, it was observed that study strategies scores were higher for freshman students than for senior students, for students with a positive perception of university than for those with a negative perception, and for students who studied more than 5 hr weekly than for those who studied 3 hr or less.

An Investigation of Pre-Service Teachers’ Lifelong Learning Tendencies and Their Individual Innovativeness Levels

“…Öğrenmenin belli bir süreyle sınırlandırılmadan yaşam boyunca devam etmesi, yaşama uyum sağlamak ve nitelikli bir birey olmayı sürdürmek açısından önemlidir (Erdamar, 2011). Knapper ve Cropley'e (2000) göre yaşam boyu öğrenme becerisine sahip birey, kendi öğrenme sorumluğunu alarak öğrenmesini planlayan, öğrenme ortamında aktif olan, farklı disiplinlerden elde ettiği bilgiyi bir araya getirip yapılandırabilen ve gerektiğinde farklı öğrenme stratejileri uygulayabilen birey olarak tanımlamaktadır.…”

Psychometric Studies of the Learning Strategies Scale for University Students

“…The recognized importance of learning strategies at all levels of schooling, together with the studies which highlight its deficient use, even in Higher Education (Bembenutty, 2011;Berger & Karabenick, 2011;Brophy, 2010;Erdamar, 2011;Marini & Boruchovitch, 2014;Pattal, Awad, & Cestone, 2014), and the lack of national instruments that enable a faster assessment of the repertoire of learning strategies led the authors of the present study to develop a scale for university students (Santos & Boruchovitch, 2001, 2008Santos et al, 2004). Accordingly, this article aims to both describe the steps of constructing the Learning Strategies Scale of Boruchovitch (2001, 2008) and present the results of recent psychometric studies obtained with this instrument.…”