Motivations, Learning, Approaches, and Strategies in Biochemistry Students at a Public University in Argentina
<span>The aim of the present paper is to understand how university students learn, and to comprehend the motivations and learning strategies they use when deciding in what field to major. We chose a combined research design: qualitative and quantitative. We applied the Questionnaire for th...
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Universidad Autónoma de Baja California
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| description | <span>The aim of the present paper is to understand how university students learn, and to comprehend the motivations and learning strategies they use when deciding in what field to major. We chose a combined research design: qualitative and quantitative. We applied the Questionnaire for the Evaluation of Learning and Studying Processes (<span><span>CEPEA</span></span>) to Biochemistry students attending the National University of Tucumán (Argentina), and performed individual semi-structured interviews. Cluster analysis allowed us to identify three groups of students having who use different learning approaches: deep, superficial and ambivalent. We found that learning approaches are closely related with some teaching practices that encourage or inhibit them; among these are the types of learning evaluation.</span> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-60b3dfaa3ccd4301b87c27838817ec202022-12-21T21:28:33ZengUniversidad Autónoma de Baja CaliforniaRevista Electrónica de Investigación Educativa1607-40412006-05-0181134Motivations, Learning, Approaches, and Strategies in Biochemistry Students at a Public University in ArgentinaSilvia Raquel Salim0Instituto de Microbiología Facultad de Bioquímica, Química y Farmacia Universidad Nacional de Tucumán<span>The aim of the present paper is to understand how university students learn, and to comprehend the motivations and learning strategies they use when deciding in what field to major. We chose a combined research design: qualitative and quantitative. We applied the Questionnaire for the Evaluation of Learning and Studying Processes (<span><span>CEPEA</span></span>) to Biochemistry students attending the National University of Tucumán (Argentina), and performed individual semi-structured interviews. Cluster analysis allowed us to identify three groups of students having who use different learning approaches: deep, superficial and ambivalent. We found that learning approaches are closely related with some teaching practices that encourage or inhibit them; among these are the types of learning evaluation.</span>http://redie.uabc.mx/redie/article/view/137Motivación del alumnoestrategias educacionalesenfoques de aprendizaje. |
| spellingShingle | Silvia Raquel Salim Motivations, Learning, Approaches, and Strategies in Biochemistry Students at a Public University in Argentina Revista Electrónica de Investigación Educativa Motivación del alumno estrategias educacionales enfoques de aprendizaje. |
| title | Motivations, Learning, Approaches, and Strategies in Biochemistry Students at a Public University in Argentina |
| title_full | Motivations, Learning, Approaches, and Strategies in Biochemistry Students at a Public University in Argentina |
| title_fullStr | Motivations, Learning, Approaches, and Strategies in Biochemistry Students at a Public University in Argentina |
| title_full_unstemmed | Motivations, Learning, Approaches, and Strategies in Biochemistry Students at a Public University in Argentina |
| title_short | Motivations, Learning, Approaches, and Strategies in Biochemistry Students at a Public University in Argentina |
| title_sort | motivations learning approaches and strategies in biochemistry students at a public university in argentina |
| topic | Motivación del alumno estrategias educacionales enfoques de aprendizaje. |
| url | http://redie.uabc.mx/redie/article/view/137 |
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