Assessing the Learning Processes of Black South African Students
- 1 November 1997
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in The Journal of Psychology
- Vol. 131 (6), 632-640
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00223989709603845
Abstract
Data based on responses of 126 male and 201 female 14- and 15-year-old Black South African secondary school students showed the Learning Process Questionnaire (LPQ; Biggs, 1987) to be fairly reliable and factorially valid. Comparison with the LPQ means for like-aged students from Australia and Hong Kong called into question the common assertion that Black South African students are more prone to use superficial learning processes than are Western students. In particular, the South African responses to the LPQ indicated that they were less shallow and more oriented toward achievement in their approach to learning than the Australian students were.Keywords
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