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Approaches to studying in higher education Portuguese students: a Portuguese version of the approaches and study skills inventory for students |
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| Authors: | Sandra Cristina A T S Valadas Fernando R Gonçalves Luís M Faísca |
| Institution: | 1. CUIE, Faculdade de Ciências Humanas e Sociais, Universidade do Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, 8005-139, Faro, Portugal 2. CIECC, Universidade de Aveiro, 3810-193, Aveiro, Portugal 3. Cognitive Neuroscience Research Group, Departamento de Psicologia, Faculdade de Ciências Humanas e Sociais, Universidade do Algarve, Faro, Portugal 4. Instituto de Psicologia Cognitiva, Desenvolvimento Vocacional e Social, FPCE, Universidade de Coimbra, 3001-802, Coimbra, Portugal |
| Abstract: | This paper examines the validity of the Approaches and Study Skills Inventory for Students—short version (ASSIST; Tait et al. in Improving student learning: Improving students as learners, 1998), to be used with Portuguese undergraduate students. The ASSIST was administrated to 566 students, in order to analyse a Portuguese version of this inventory. Exploratory factor analysis (principal axis factor analysis followed by direct oblimin rotation) reproduced the three main factors that correspond to the original dimensions of the inventory (deep, surface apathetic and strategic approaches to learning). The results are consistent with the background theory on approaches to learning. Additionally, the reliability analysis revealed acceptable internal consistency indexes for the main scales and subscales. This inventory might represent a valuable research tool for the assessment of approaches to learning among Portuguese higher education students. |
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