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ERIC Number: EJ1236162
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2019-Dec
Pages: 28
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: EISSN-1696-2095
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Latin American Undergraduates and Learning Patterns in the Transition to Higher Education: An Exploratory Study in Colombia
Martínez-Fernández, J. Reinaldo; García-Ravidá, Laura B.; Mumbardó Adams, Cristina
Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, v17 n49 p561-588 Dec 2019
Introduction: The aim of this study was to analyse the relationship between learning patterns, associated factors, and academic performance in 115 Colombian first-year university students. We posed the need to discuss the Vermunt model in other contexts, with an aim to supply evidence toward a more robust, inclusive model in analyzing learning processes. Method: Data were collected using a Spanish version of the Inventory of Learning Style (Martínez-Fernández et al., 2009; Vermunt, 1998). Additionally, we collected data about the students' age, gender, dedication to study, perception of teaching, effort, and academic performance. The data were processed by means of descriptive analysis, correlation, MANOVA, and path analysis. Results: The results show a structure of four learning patterns consisting of different factor combinations according to Vermunt: 1) Meaning-directed with external regulation (MD/er); 2) Passive-Idealistic (PI); 3) Passive-Motivated (PM); and 4) Reproduction-directed with lack of regulation (RD/lr). The relationship between learning patterns and the different factors was not sustained. However, we found an interesting explanation of academic performance from the perspective of self- and external regulation. Discussion and Conclusion: Based on these results, we defend the need to make the cultural dimension of learning patterns a key topic in the research agenda on learning processes.
University of Almeria, Education & Psychology I+D+i. Faculty of Psychology Department of Educational and Developmental Psychology, Carretera de Sacramento s/n, 04120 LaCanada de San Urbano, Almeria, Spain. Tel: +34-950-015354; Fax: +34-950-015083; Web site: http://ojs.ual.es/ojs/index.php/EJREP/index
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Colombia
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