Learning approaches are assumed as the utmost important aspect in all academic proceedings. With the identification of students' learning approaches, relevant institutes can devise appropriate instructional strategies. Many models have been used to explore learning approaches and styles among students, but mostly in the developed world. Literature…

The Internal Structure of the New Study Processes Questionnaire (Biggs, 1979) was investigated with samples of Australian and Filipino university students. The internal consistency reliabilities, item and subscale factor analysis, were quite favorable for the Australian sample; however, results indicated that the instrument may not be suitable for…

A common thread in contemporary research in student learning refers to the ways in which students go about learning. A theory of learning is presented that accentuates the interaction between the person and the situation. Research evidence implies a form of meta-cognition called meta-learning, the awareness of students of their own learning…