Psychometric Studies of the Learning Strategies Scale for University
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Boruchovitch, Evely; Santos, Acácia Aparecida Angeli dos

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Articles • Paidéia (Ribeirão Preto) 25 (60) • jan-apr 2015 • https://doi.org/10.1590/1982-43272560201504 copy

Psychometric Studies of the Learning Strategies Scale for University Students¹ 1 Support: This research was sponsored by the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development - CNPq (Protocol no. 302464/2010-7).

Estudos Psicométricos da Escala de Estratégias de Aprendizagem Para Estudantes Universitários (EEA-U)

Estudios Psicométricos de la Escala de Estrategias de Aprendizaje Para Estudiantes Universitarios

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The aim of this article is to examine the psychometric properties of a learning strategies scale for university students. The scale was composed of 49 Likert scale items related to cognitive and metacognitive strategies. It was applied in a sample of 1,490 university students. The factor analysis revealed that 35 items had acceptable loadings and identified a three factor structure: Factor 1 - Cognitive and Metacognitive Self-regulation, Factor 2 - Internal Resource and Context regulation, and Factor 3 - Social regulation. Its internal consistency was assessed by Cronbach’s alpha and was .87 for the total scale, .86 for Factor 1, .71 for Factor 2 and .65 for Factor 3. The total variance explained was 26.6%. Further studies are suggested based on confirmatory factor analyses, so that the scale can be better utilized in psychoeducational evaluation.

metacognition; test validity; higher education

Items	F1	F2	F3
1. Repeat information orally while reading the text	.37
2. Write down in full the explanations of the teacher	.54
3. Identify your difficulties to learn certain topics or subjects	.37
4. Summarize the texts indicated for study	.40
5. Read the texts indicated by the teacher	.46
6. Make notes in the text or on a separate sheet	.53
7. Write in your own words what you understood from the text	.55
8. Read supplementary texts, in addition to those indicated by the teacher	.60
9. Prepare questions and answers on the subject studied	.48
10. Select the main ideas of the text	.34
11. Control your anxiety in evaluation situations		.51
12. Identify how much or how little you are learning	.34
13. Request help from the teacher regarding doubts about the content	.47
14. Review the notes taken in class	.50
15. Search the dictionary for the meanings of unfamiliar words	.55
16. Ask for help from colleagues in case of doubts			.48
17. Manage your study time		.57
18. Organize your study environment		.52
19. Stay calm when faced with difficult tasks		.63
20. Use other texts and books on the subject	.56
21. Plan your study activities		.49
22. Separate all the material needed for the task that you will perform		.46
23. Manage to complete a task even when it is difficult or tedious		.45
24. Check your mistakes after receiving the grade for a test	.41
25. Try to redo questions that you got wrong in a test	.45
26. Distract yourself or think of something else when reading, studying or doing work		.38
27. Read your answers again before handing in a test	.31
28. Study in a group			.53
29. Note on the agenda things that you have to do	.47
30. Make a schema on the paper (sketch, graph or drawing) to better understand the relationships between things	.35
31. Paste reminders to remember what you need to do	.46
32. Discuss the matter with colleagues to see whether you understood			.60
33. Ask someone to go over the material			.66
34 Reread the material to understand it better	.47
35. Create questions about the subject you are studying and try to answer them	.43

Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Filosofia Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia Av.Bandeirantes 3900 - Monte Alegre, 14040-901 Ribeirão Preto - São Paulo - Brasil, Tel.: (55 16) 3315-3829 - Ribeirão Preto - SP - Brazil
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[1] 2 Correspondence address: Evely Boruchovitch. Faculdade de Educação da Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Avenida Bertrand Russell, 801. Barão Geraldo. Caixa Postal 6120. Campinas-SP, Brazil. E-mail: evely@unicamp.br

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Psychometric Studies of the Learning Strategies Scale for University Students1 1 Support: This research was sponsored by the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development - CNPq (Protocol no. 302464/2010-7).

Estudos Psicométricos da Escala de Estratégias de Aprendizagem Para Estudantes Universitários (EEA-U)

Estudios Psicométricos de la Escala de Estrategias de Aprendizaje Para Estudiantes Universitarios

Psychometric Studies of the Learning Strategies Scale for University Students¹ 1 Support: This research was sponsored by the National Council for Scientific and Technological Development - CNPq (Protocol no. 302464/2010-7).