Cultural specificity of approaches to studying in higher education: A literature survey

Richardson, John T. E.

doi:10.1007/bf01384904

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“…In most studies, a meaning-directed, a reproduction-directed, and an undirected pattern emerged, although these looked somewhat differently in different countries. This finding seems to support a previous observation by Richardson (1994) that a meaning and reproduction orientation to learning are universal across higher education systems but receive a specific interpretation in each system.…”

Section: Learning Patterns In New International Contexts and Populationssupporting

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A Learning Patterns Perspective on Student Learning in Higher Education: State of the Art and Moving Forward

2017

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The aim of this article is to review the state of the art of research and theory development on student learning patterns in higher education and beyond. First, the learning patterns perspective and the theoretical framework are introduced. Second, research published since 2004 on student learning patterns is systematically identified and reviewed. This part includes two main sections. In the first section, new evidence on internal and external relationships of learning patterns is reviewed. Four themes are covered here: the dimensionality and the internal relationships of learning patterns and relationships of learning patterns with personal, contextual, and outcome variables. In the second section, new directions in learning patterns research are examined. These include studies on learning patterns in new international contexts and populations, longitudinal development of learning patterns over time, methodological advances in learning patterns research, and studies on fostering the quality of students' learning patterns. Next, relationships with adjacent theories on student learning are discussed, the learning patterns perspective is critically examined, and pathways are derived to move the model forward. Finally, future conceptual and methodological directions for learning patterns research are derived.

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A Learning Patterns Perspective on Student Learning in Higher Education: State of the Art and Moving Forward

2017

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“…Qualitative and quantitative studies have confirmed a broad distinction between deep and surface approaches to learning (Entwistle and McCune 2004;Laurillard 1997;Ramsden 1997;Richardson 1994;Van Rossum and Hamer 2010;Watkins 1983). It has been widely recognized that the important distinction between these two approaches lies in the students' presence or absence of an intention to understand (Biggs 1987;Entwistle 2009;Kember 1996;Richardson 2000).…”

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A cross-cultural comparison of student learning patterns in higher education

2011

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The aim of this study was to compare student learning patterns in higher education across different cultures. A meta-analysis was performed on three large-scale studies that had used the same research instrument: the Inventory of learning Styles (ILS). The studies were conducted in the two Asian countries Sri Lanka and Indonesia and the European country The Netherlands. Students reported use of learning strategies, metacognitive strategies, conceptions of learning and learning orientations were compared in two ways: by analyses of variance of students' mean scale scores on ILS scales, as well as by comparing the factor structures of the ILS-scales between the three studies. Results showed most differences in student learning patterns between Asian and European students. However, many differences were identified between students from the two Asian countries as well. The Asian learner turned out to be a myth. Moreover, Sri Lankan students made the least use of memorising strategies of all groups. That Asian learners would have a propensity for rote learning turned out to be a myth as well. Some patterns of learning turned out to be universal and occurred in all groups, other patterns were found only among the Asian or the European students. The findings are discussed in terms of learning environment and culture as explanatory factors. Practical implications for student mobility in an international context are derived.

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“…According to [4], the inability of schools and teachers to take account of preferences produces endemic low achievement and poor motivation. There are empirical researches as shown by [5], [6], [7] suggest that learning styles can enhance academic performance in several respects. Analyses of the learning styles of non-achieving students have revealed that, as a group, such students learn in a style and with instructional strategies that differ significantly from those of students who perform well in school [8].…”

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Relationship between the Learning Styles Preferences and Academic Achievement

Awang

Samad

Faiz

et al. 2017

IOP Conf. Ser.: Mater. Sci. Eng.

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Abstract. The individual learning differences that have been much explored relate to differences in personality, learning styles, strategies and conceptual of learning. This article studies the learning style profile exhibited by students towards the academic achievement in Malaysian Polytechnic. The relationship between learning styles of Polytechnic students and their academic achievement based on VARK learning styles model. The target population was international business students of Malaysian Polytechnic. By means of randomly sampling method, 103 students were selected as sample of research. By descriptive -survey research method and a questionnaire adapted from VARK Learning Style Index, required data were collected. According to the results, no significantly difference between learning style and academic achievement of students. Students academic achievement was quite similar to their individual learning styles. These facts reveal that each learning style has its own strengths and weaknesses.

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Cultural specificity of approaches to studying in higher education: A literature survey

Cited by 139 publications

References 57 publications

A Learning Patterns Perspective on Student Learning in Higher Education: State of the Art and Moving Forward

A Learning Patterns Perspective on Student Learning in Higher Education: State of the Art and Moving Forward

A cross-cultural comparison of student learning patterns in higher education

Relationship between the Learning Styles Preferences and Academic Achievement

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