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Article: Cognitive development and student approaches to learning: An investigation of Perry's theory with Chinese and U.S. university students

TitleCognitive development and student approaches to learning: An investigation of Perry's theory with Chinese and U.S. university students
Authors
KeywordsAcademic performance
Cognitive development
Learning approaches
Student characteristics
Issue Date2001
PublisherSpringer Netherlands. The Journal's web site is located at http://springerlink.metapress.com/openurl.asp?genre=journal&issn=0018-1560
Citation
Higher Education, 2001, v. 41 n. 3, p. 239-261 How to Cite?
AbstractThe purpose of this research was to provide cross-cultural evidence of the relationship between student approaches to learning and stages of cognitive development and of the validity of Perry's theory of such development. The participants for this study were 67 U.S. and 193 Mainland Chinese students. The participants rated their ability on several scales, responded to the Zhang Cognitive Development Inventory 1 (Zhang 1995) and the Study Process Questionnaire (Biggs 1987a, 1992) as well as a demographic questionnaire. Self-report measures of achievement scores were also obtained. There were four major findings. First, cognitive development and student learning approaches were related in predictable ways. Second, the cognitive-developmental patterns of the American and Chinese participants differed. Third, for both American and Chinese students, extracurricular activities positively contributed to their cognitive development. Finally, a statistically significant relationship between cognitive development and achievement was identified among the American group, whereas no relationship was found between cognitive development and achievement among the Chinese group. Implications of these findings are discussed. © 2001 Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/72287
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2023 Impact Factor: 3.6
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 2.065
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dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this research was to provide cross-cultural evidence of the relationship between student approaches to learning and stages of cognitive development and of the validity of Perry's theory of such development. The participants for this study were 67 U.S. and 193 Mainland Chinese students. The participants rated their ability on several scales, responded to the Zhang Cognitive Development Inventory 1 (Zhang 1995) and the Study Process Questionnaire (Biggs 1987a, 1992) as well as a demographic questionnaire. Self-report measures of achievement scores were also obtained. There were four major findings. First, cognitive development and student learning approaches were related in predictable ways. Second, the cognitive-developmental patterns of the American and Chinese participants differed. Third, for both American and Chinese students, extracurricular activities positively contributed to their cognitive development. Finally, a statistically significant relationship between cognitive development and achievement was identified among the American group, whereas no relationship was found between cognitive development and achievement among the Chinese group. Implications of these findings are discussed. © 2001 Kluwer Academic Publishers.en_HK
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dc.subjectAcademic performanceen_HK
dc.subjectCognitive developmenten_HK
dc.subjectLearning approachesen_HK
dc.subjectStudent characteristicsen_HK
dc.titleCognitive development and student approaches to learning: An investigation of Perry's theory with Chinese and U.S. university studentsen_HK
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