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标题：Novice medical students: Individual patterns in the use of learning strategies and how they change during the first academic year
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作者：Götz Fabry ; Marianne Giesler
期刊名称：GMS Zeitschrift für Medizinische Ausbildung
印刷版ISSN：1860-3572
出版年度：2012
卷号：29
页码：1-19
DOI：10.3205/zma000826
出版社：German Medical Science
摘要：Background: Adequate use of different learning strategies is one of the most important prerequisites of academic success.The actual use of learning strategies is the result of an interaction between individual and situational variables.Against this background we conducted a longitudinal study with first year medical students to investigate whether individuals show different patterns in their use of learning strategies and whether these patterns change during the first academic year. Methods: Medical students (N=175, 58% female) were surveyed three times in their first academic year regarding their use of learning strategies.A hierarchical cluster analysis (Ward) was conducted in order to identify groups of students with different patterns of learning strategies. Results: We identified four different patterns in approaches to learning among novice medical students (“easy-going”, “flexible”, “problematic” and “hardworking” learners).Compared to their peers, the problematic learners had the worst final school grades.In addition changes in the use of learning strategies were identified, most of them occurred during the first term. Conclusion: Students start their academic studies with different patterns of learning strategies; the characteristics of these patterns change during the first academic year.Further research is necessary to better understand how individual and situational variables determine students’ learning.
关键词：medical education; undergraduate; learning; learning strategies; Germany