Learning profiles and their relation to the experiences of learning generic skills at the end of the first year of university study
University students’ approaches to learning and generic skills have important consequences for studying and success in higher education. However, person-oriented research, which explores how students with different learning profiles evaluate their learning of individual generic skills, has not been...
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| author | Heidi Hyytinen Tarja Tuononen Anne Haarala-Muhonen |
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| description | University students’ approaches to learning and generic skills have important consequences for studying and success in higher education. However, person-oriented research, which explores how students with different learning profiles evaluate their learning of individual generic skills, has not been the core interest of previous studies. This study investigates the learning profiles of university students (N = 901) in two disciplines and their relations to the experiences of learning critical thinking, collaboration and communication at the end of the first study year. The interrelations of the variables were analyzed with correlations and Latent Profile Analysis (LPA) estimating auxiliary variable relation. LPA yielded three learning profile groups that differed from each other in their approaches to learning: unreflective, dissonant and deep-organized, which, respectively, comprised 7, 58 and 35% of the sample. The experiences of learning generic skills of the three learning profiles varied. The comparison of the profiles showed that students representing the deep-organized profile scored highest on all measured generic skills compared to the other two learning profiles. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f0ad06038d1b411dac6477b83a73d5ae2024-01-09T04:43:26ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Education2504-284X2024-01-01810.3389/feduc.2023.13308981330898Learning profiles and their relation to the experiences of learning generic skills at the end of the first year of university studyHeidi HyytinenTarja TuononenAnne Haarala-MuhonenUniversity students’ approaches to learning and generic skills have important consequences for studying and success in higher education. However, person-oriented research, which explores how students with different learning profiles evaluate their learning of individual generic skills, has not been the core interest of previous studies. This study investigates the learning profiles of university students (N = 901) in two disciplines and their relations to the experiences of learning critical thinking, collaboration and communication at the end of the first study year. The interrelations of the variables were analyzed with correlations and Latent Profile Analysis (LPA) estimating auxiliary variable relation. LPA yielded three learning profile groups that differed from each other in their approaches to learning: unreflective, dissonant and deep-organized, which, respectively, comprised 7, 58 and 35% of the sample. The experiences of learning generic skills of the three learning profiles varied. The comparison of the profiles showed that students representing the deep-organized profile scored highest on all measured generic skills compared to the other two learning profiles.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feduc.2023.1330898/fullapproaches to learninglearning profilesgeneric skillshigher educationcritical thinkingcommunication |
| spellingShingle | Heidi Hyytinen Tarja Tuononen Anne Haarala-Muhonen Learning profiles and their relation to the experiences of learning generic skills at the end of the first year of university study Frontiers in Education approaches to learning learning profiles generic skills higher education critical thinking communication |
| title | Learning profiles and their relation to the experiences of learning generic skills at the end of the first year of university study |
| title_full | Learning profiles and their relation to the experiences of learning generic skills at the end of the first year of university study |
| title_fullStr | Learning profiles and their relation to the experiences of learning generic skills at the end of the first year of university study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Learning profiles and their relation to the experiences of learning generic skills at the end of the first year of university study |
| title_short | Learning profiles and their relation to the experiences of learning generic skills at the end of the first year of university study |
| title_sort | learning profiles and their relation to the experiences of learning generic skills at the end of the first year of university study |
| topic | approaches to learning learning profiles generic skills higher education critical thinking communication |
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