A Factor Analytic Study of Language-Learning Strategy Use: Interpretations from Information-Processing Theory and Social Psychology.

Nyikos, Martha; Oxford, Rebecca

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ERIC Number: EJ461330

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1993

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A Factor Analytic Study of Language-Learning Strategy Use: Interpretations from Information-Processing Theory and Social Psychology.

Nyikos, Martha; Oxford, Rebecca

Modern Language Journal, v77 n1 p11-22 Spr 1993

A study used factor analysis to categorize and describe learning strategies in 1,200 university students. Results are reported from the perspectives of information processing theory and social psychology, and specific implications for classroom practice are discussed. (44 references) (MSE)

Descriptors: Classification, Classroom Techniques, College Students, Factor Analysis, Higher Education, Information Processing, Information Theory, Learning Strategies, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Second Languages, Social Psychology, Theory Practice Relationship

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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