Development of an Instrument for Identifying Groups of Learners

ATLAS (Assessing The Learning Strategies of AdultS) has been developed to quickly identify the learning strategy group to which the respondent belongs. The validation process involved the use of past learning strategy studies and multivariate statistical procedures

The Relationship of Learning Strategy Preference and Personality Type

This study investigated the relationship of learning strategy preference to personality type. The findings indicate that while overall personality type is not related to learning strategy preference, three of the four indicators of personality type show a relationship to learning strategy preference

Learning strategies in the corporate setting.

The learning strategies of financial planners with American Express were assessed with SKILLS. Results with this group of professionals confirm the distinct learning strategy groups uncovered in previous learning strategy research

The use of learning strategies: Do distinctive groups of learners exist?

Learning strategies were examined in a province-wide study involving five colleges throughout Alberta. Several multivariate analyses using discriminant analysis failed to produce any powerful functions although weak differences were found in the areas of grades, gender, program, and age. The multivariate technique of cluster analysis, however, did produce a solution with five clear and distinct clusters of learners