Motives,attitudes and approaches to studying in distance education |
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| Authors: | John T E Richardson |
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| Institution: | (1) Institute of Educational Technology, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, UK |
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| Abstract: | This study investigated the relationships between demographic characteristics, motives and attitudes to studying, self-reported
study behaviour and measures of outcome. Students taking courses by distance learning received a postal survey containing
a short form of the Motivated Strategies and Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ) and the Revised Approaches to Studying Inventory
(RASI). Path analysis was used to assess the causal relationships among 395 students’ age, gender and prior qualifications,
their scores on the MSLQ and the RASI and their marks. Evidence was obtained for the causal efficacy of most of the paths
among the main components. In particular, the causal link between variations in students’ motives and attitudes and variations
in their study behaviour is bidirectional. |
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| Keywords: | approaches to studying attitudes to studying demographic variables Motivated Strategies and Learning Questionnaire motives Revised Approaches to Studying Inventory |
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