Radical existentialism meets cognitive science: a review of converging qualitative and quantitative perspectives in research into tertiary students' learning

Title
Radical existentialism meets cognitive science: a review of converging qualitative and quantitative perspectives in research into tertiary students' learning
Publication Date
2007
Author(s)
Quinn, Frances
( author )
OrcID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3144-3416
Email: fquinn@une.edu.au
UNE Id une-id:fquinn
Pegg, John Edward
Stein, Sarah
Editor
Editor(s): Terrence Hays and Rafat Hussain
Type of document
Conference Publication
Language
en
Entity Type
Publication
Publisher
Australian College of Educators
Place of publication
Deakin West, Australia
UNE publication id
une:4674
Abstract
This paper presents an exploration of some research perspectives in student learning in higher education. In this area there is a strong qualitative tradition of researching how students learn in real contexts, as well as quantitative research applying cognitivist models and psychometric instruments to student learning. The paper aims to analyse the points of convergence between these different research paradigms, relating to students' approaches to learning and learning outcomes. The results of this exploration show that from independent origins, within different research paradigms, emerged some remarkably similar ideas relating to students' approaches to learning and learning outcomes. Cross-fertilisation across research programs within and between different paradigms has occurred, which has enriched research into student learning in higher education.
Link
Citation
Bridging the Gap between Ideas and Doing Research: Proceedings of the Inaugural Postgraduate Research Conference, p. 301-313
ISBN
9781920819231
Start page
301
End page
313

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