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Peer reviewedBeckwith, J. B. – Higher Education, 1991
Relationships between three approaches to learning (surface, deep, and achieving), prior knowledge of subject area, and performance on a multiple-choice test following a unit in basic psychology were investigated with 105 college freshmen. Approaches to learning were unrelated to test performance. Prior knowledge did not relate to a deep approach…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, College Freshmen, Educational Attitudes, Goal Orientation
