Students' Conceptions of Learning, the Classroom Environment, and Approaches to Learning
- 1 March 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in The Journal of Educational Research
- Vol. 93 (4), 262-270
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00220670009598715
Abstract
A model that hypothesized relationships between high school students' conceptions of learning, their percpetions of the classroom environment, and their approaches to learning was tested using structural equation modeling. Results suggested that important associations exist between conceptions of learning and approaches to learning. Students who reported qualitative and experiential conceptions were likely to use deep approaches to learning, whereas students who had quantitative conceptions of learning tended to use surface approaches. The implications of these findings for teachers and the way they function in the classroom environment are discussed.Keywords
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