There is a common perception that Asian students relyupon rote learning and prefer passive
forms oflearning, though, this appears to be incompatible withevidence of their high levels of …

In distinguishing deep and surface approaches, an important determinant is the intentions to
understand and memorise respectively. A student adopting a surface approach does not …

ABSTRACT A “study process complex” comprising three major motives (instrumental,
intrinsic and achievement) and three cognate learning/study strategies (reproducing …

This paper challenges the anecdotal stereotype that Asian students have a marked
predilection towards reproductive study strategies and suggests that, as elsewhere …

This article reports findings from a study which interviewed 36 undergraduate students about
aspects of the teaching and learning environment which motivated or demotivated their …

This chapter describes the theoretical background to, and the development and use of, an
Approaches-to-Studying Inventory. This inventory covers the two main components …

Background. The study was conducted in the context of a number of comparative studies
into student approaches to studying, particularly in an Asian context, and used the Revised …

Influenced by Weber's protestant work ethic ideology, McClelland proposed that the
economic development of societies could be attributed to differences in achievement …

Dimensions which have been used to describe various aspects of studying are reviewed.
These draw attention to three distinctive approaches to studying which contain elements of …

This article reviews some salient findings of recent research into how higher education
students learn. The defining features of the research examined here are its emphasis on …