Approaches to studying and course perceptions using the Lancaster inventory—A comparative study

ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to explore the association between perceived contextual factors and students's approaches to studying using the two instruments developed for this purpose by Noel Entwistle & Paul Ramsden: the Approaches to Studying Inventory (ASI) and the Course Perceptions Questionnaire (CPQ). These were administered to 1194 English-speaking students at the Cape Technikon. Alpha factor analysis of the 24 summated subscales of the two inventories was conducted for the population sample. Two main study orientations evidenced in the Lancaster programme, meaning orientation and reproducing orientation, were present in slightly modified forms, but the presence of a third, strategic orientation was not supported by the factor analysis. This finding is consistent with other studies. With the exception of an association between the workload subscale of the CPQ and the reproducing orientation of the ASI, there were no further associations between these two orientations and the contextual variab...

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