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Article: Examining the cultural specificity of approaches to learning in universities in Hong Kong and Sydney

TitleExamining the cultural specificity of approaches to learning in universities in Hong Kong and Sydney
Authors
KeywordsApproaches to learning
Cultural specificity
Structural equation modeling
Issue Date2008
PublisherSage Publications, Inc. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.sagepub.com/journal.aspx?pid=197
Citation
Journal Of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 2008, v. 39 n. 3, p. 251-266 How to Cite?
AbstractWestern research has characterized approaches to learning for specific learning tasks as discrete deep and surface approaches, distinguished by whether the intention is to understand or memorize. A more appropriate classification scheme for Hong Kong research is a continuum between deep and surface poles. In this article, the authors examine whether this characterization applies also to the West. University students in Australia (n = 1,146) and Hong Kong (n = 1,266) complete the revised Study Process Questionnaire. There are no effects by either discipline or study level in either country. Multiple-group analyses using structural equation modeling show configural invariance across the two samples, suggesting that the continuum characterization of approaches to learning is likely to be applicable for Western counterparts. Hong Kong students had higher mean scores for both deep and surface approaches, showing their greater use of intermediate approaches. © 2008 Sage Publications.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/88276
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2023 Impact Factor: 2.4
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.992
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dc.contributor.authorGinns, Pen_HK
dc.contributor.authorKember, Den_HK
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dc.identifier.citationJournal Of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 2008, v. 39 n. 3, p. 251-266en_HK
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dc.description.abstractWestern research has characterized approaches to learning for specific learning tasks as discrete deep and surface approaches, distinguished by whether the intention is to understand or memorize. A more appropriate classification scheme for Hong Kong research is a continuum between deep and surface poles. In this article, the authors examine whether this characterization applies also to the West. University students in Australia (n = 1,146) and Hong Kong (n = 1,266) complete the revised Study Process Questionnaire. There are no effects by either discipline or study level in either country. Multiple-group analyses using structural equation modeling show configural invariance across the two samples, suggesting that the continuum characterization of approaches to learning is likely to be applicable for Western counterparts. Hong Kong students had higher mean scores for both deep and surface approaches, showing their greater use of intermediate approaches. © 2008 Sage Publications.en_HK
dc.languageengen_HK
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dc.rightsJournal of Cross-Cultural Psychology. Copyright © Sage Publications, Inc.en_HK
dc.subjectApproaches to learningen_HK
dc.subjectCultural specificityen_HK
dc.subjectStructural equation modelingen_HK
dc.titleExamining the cultural specificity of approaches to learning in universities in Hong Kong and Sydneyen_HK
dc.typeArticleen_HK
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