Problem Solving Styles, Approaches to Learning and Academic Performance of Spanish Accounting Students: An Exploratory Study of Profiles and Relationships
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Background. Entwistle Students’ Approaches to Learning framework and Kolb’s Experiential Learning Model has been widely used in higher education. Different inventories have been developed in order to adapt to different contexts and / or to supersede reported weakness. Aims. This paper aims to explore the profiles and approaches showed by a sample of Spanish accounting students as well as the relationship of those profiles with the academic performance. Instrument and Sample. The instrument consists of both the short version of the Study Process Questionnaire (SPQ; Fox et al, 2001) and the Problem Solving Style Questionnaire (PSSQ, Romero et al, 1992). The sample is composed by the students enrolled in advanced financial accounting and financial statement analysis at the University of Sevilla.
背景。恩特威斯尔学生学习方法框架和科尔布体验式学习模型在高等教育中得到了广泛的应用。为了适应不同的情况和/或取代报告的弱点,已经编制了不同的清单。目标本文旨在探讨西班牙会计专业学生的概况和方法,以及这些概况与学习成绩的关系。仪器和样品。该工具包括研究过程问卷(SPQ)的简短版本;Fox et al, 2001)和问题解决风格问卷(PSSQ, Romero et al, 1992)。样本由塞维利亚大学高级财务会计和财务报表分析专业的学生组成。