A comparative study of learning patterns of secondary school, high school and college students

Yu Song; Jan D. Vermunt

doi:10.1016/j.stueduc.2020.100958

A comparative study of learning patterns of secondary school, high school and college students

Yu Song (Corresponding author), Jan D. Vermunt

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Abstract

The main aim of the current research was to identify the similarities and differences in learning patterns used by secondary school, high school and college students. There were 8,072 participants and they responded to the
Chinese version of Inventory of Learning Styles (ILS) online. Findings show that the three groups of students were significantly different in their adoption of learning patterns; the dimensionalities of learning patterns observed in
secondary school and high school students were similar, but were different from those of college students; these students’ learning patterns differed from each other in relation to personal characteristics (i.e. gender and age), but tended to have similar strong relationships with parents’ education level and parents’ jobs. This study contributes to the understanding of the learning patterns characterized by school and college students. By acknowledging this, educators can help to develop better support for students in adapting to new study
environments.

Original language	English
Article number	100958
Number of pages	11
Journal	Studies in Educational Evaluation
Volume	68
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.stueduc.2020.100958
Publication status	Published - 1 Mar 2021

Keywords

Learning patterns
Cross-educational differences
learning strategies
Dimensionality
Personal and contextual factors

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