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Title: | An Examination of Reflective Thinking, Learning Approaches, and Self-Efficacy Beliefs at the University of the South Pacific: A path analysis approach | Contributor(s): | Phan, Huy (author) | Publication Date: | 2007 | DOI: | 10.1080/01443410701349809 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/6024 | Abstract: | This study examined the causal and mediating relations between students’ learning approaches, self-efficacy beliefs, stages of reflective thinking, and academic performance. Second-year undergraduate students (n = 241; 118 females, 123 males) in the South Pacific were administered the revised version of Biggs' Study Process Questionnaire, the Reflective Thinking Questionnaire, and the Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire. Latent variables analysis indicated that a surface learning approach contributed to the prediction of habitual action, and a deep learning approach predicted understanding and self-efficacy. Self-efficacy directly predicted the stages of reflective thinking, with the exception of critical thinking, and understanding negatively predicted academic performance. Finally, with the exception of critical thinking, the stages of reflective thinking were found to relate causally in a unidimensional manner. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | Educational Psychology, 27(6), p. 789-806 | Publisher: | Routledge | Place of Publication: | United Kingdom | ISSN: | 1469-5820 0144-3410 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 170103 Educational Psychology 139999 Education not elsewhere classified 130307 Ethnic Education (excl Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, Maori and Pacific Peoples) |
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 930102 Learner and Learning Processes 930101 Learner and Learning Achievement 930103 Learner Development |
Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
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Appears in Collections: | Journal Article School of Education |
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