Learner profiles in secondary education: Occurrence and relationship with performance and student characteristics

The authors explore the occurrence of different learner profiles in secondary education, as well as their relationship with test performance and student characteristics. Based on a cluster analysis of 1,931 secondary school students' self-reported text-learning strategy use and study traces, th...

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Published inThe Journal of educational research (Washington, D.C.) Vol. 112; no. 3; pp. 385 - 396
Main Authors Rogiers, Amélie, Merchie, Emmelien, Van Keer, Hilde
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bloomington Routledge 04.05.2019
Taylor & Francis Inc
Subjects
Cluster analysis
Foreign Countries
Gender Differences
Individual Differences
learner profiles
Learning Strategies
Native Language
Profiles
Reading Ability
Secondary education
Secondary School Students
Student Characteristics
study traces
Tests
Text-learning strategies
Belgium
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Summary:The authors explore the occurrence of different learner profiles in secondary education, as well as their relationship with test performance and student characteristics. Based on a cluster analysis of 1,931 secondary school students' self-reported text-learning strategy use and study traces, the authors identified and validated four distinct learner profiles: integrated strategy users, information organizers, mental learners, and limited strategy users. Integrated strategy users engaged in different text-learning strategies and obtained the highest scores on the performance test. Limited strategy users generally used only a limited number of text-learning strategies and scored the lowest. In addition, a significant difference was established in gender and reading ability distribution across learner profiles, but home language distribution was not found to be significant.
ISSN:0022-0671
1940-0675
DOI:10.1080/00220671.2018.1538093