Relationship between Academic Performance, Spatial Competence, Learning Styles and Attrition

Relationship between Academic Performance, Spatial Competence, Learning Styles and Attrition

This paper discusses the results of research on factors affecting academic performance and attrition in a sample of 1,500 freshman students majoring in architecture, design and urbanism at the Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina [University of Buenos Aires, Argentina] who were enrolled in a d...

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Huvudupphovsmän: Noriega Biggio, Marianela, García, Stella Maris
Materialtyp: info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Språk:spa
Publicerad: REDIE es una publicación del Instituto de Investigación y Desarrollo Educativo (IIDE). 2013
Ämnen:
Academic achievement
attrition
learning styles
spatial ability.
Rendimiento académico
deserción
estilos de aprendizaje
habilidades espaciales.
Länkar:https://redie.uabc.mx/index.php/redie/article/view/328
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Sammanfattning:This paper discusses the results of research on factors affecting academic performance and attrition in a sample of 1,500 freshman students majoring in architecture, design and urbanism at the Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina [University of Buenos Aires, Argentina] who were enrolled in a drafting course. The hypotheses we tested concern the mediating role of learning styles on the relationship between spatial competence and academic performance, learning-style differences by gender and cohort, and the relationship between attrition, spatial competence level and learning style. Statistical analysis of the data was performed and spatial competence enhanced by motivational profile was found to predict final achievement. Educational implications are identified, highlighting the need to promote in students those academic behaviors that characterize a self-regulated learning style and encourage the use of specific intellectual abilities.

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