Investigating the effects of gender and school type on students' learning orientations

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Abstract

This study investigated differences in leaning orientations among male and female students attending three different school types in Turkey. A total of 565 secondary school students participated in the study. The learning approach questionnaire (LAQ) was used to measure students' orientations to learning ranging from meaningful to rote. Two-way multivariate analysis of variance conducted to determine the effect of gender and school type on students' learning orientations. Findings indicated that gender has a significant effect on students' meaningful learning orientation and school type has a significant effect on students' rote learning orientation.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3378-3382
Number of pages5
JournalProcedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences
Volume2
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2010
Event2nd World Conference on Educational Sciences, WCES-2010 - Istanbul, Turkey
Duration: 4 Feb 20108 Feb 2010

Keywords

  • Learning orientations
  • gender
  • meaningful learning
  • rote learning
  • school type

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