MOTIVES AND STRATEGIES OF LEARNING IN STUDENTS WITH DIFFERENT LEVEL OF NEED FOR COGNITION

  • TADEUSZ L. JASIŃSKI Physical Education Academy, Gdańsk, Poland
Keywords: Motives, Strategies, tudents and Learning

Abstract

The study was aimed at probing into the motives and strategies of learning in the students varying in the degree of need for cognition. One hundred and fifty six students from the Physical Education Faculty (II semester) at Physical Education Academy in Gdaosk participated in this study. Age of 69 female and 87 male students participating in the study ranged from 19 to 25 years. There were. Subjects were examined with the use of two questionnaires: Cacioppo and Petty Need for Cognition Scale (NCS) in Polish modification by Matusz et al. (2011) and dichotomous version of the Learning Process Questionnaire (R-LPO) by Kember et al., (2004), adapted by Sztejnberg (2008). The results the study showed that the degree of need for cognition in the individuals highly in need for it, determined their motivation and strategies used for learning. Need for Cognition Scale proved to be an effective tool for assessing individual differences in epistemic motivation.

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Published
2021-01-31
How to Cite
JASIŃSKI, T. L. (2021). MOTIVES AND STRATEGIES OF LEARNING IN STUDENTS WITH DIFFERENT LEVEL OF NEED FOR COGNITION. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH PEDAGOGY AND TECHNOLOGY IN EDUCATION AND MOVEMENT SCIENCES, 5(01). Retrieved from https://ijems.net/index.php/ijem/article/view/151
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Research Articles