%0 Journal Article
%T Cognitive style and learning strategies as factors which affect academic achievement of brazilian university students
%A Tinajero
%A Carolina
%A Lemos
%A S£¿nia Maria
%A Ara¨²jo
%A Margarete
%A Ferraces
%A M. Jos¨¦
%A P¨¢ramo
%A M. Fernanda
%J Psicologia: Reflex£¿o e Cr¨ªtica
%D 2012
%I Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul
%R 10.1590/S0102-79722012000100013
%X in the present study, the influence of the cognitive style called field dependence-independence on academic achievement of brazilian university students was explored as well as the mediating effect of learning strategies on that influence. learning strategies of 313 first-year university students (189 women and 124 men; m age = 20.86, sd = 3.86) from different fields, with upper, medium and lower scores on field dependence-independence were assessed on a self-report questionnaire and their overall academic marks in the first year were registered. results of a regression analysis showed that cognitive style and learning strategies significantly contributed to academic achievement. a path analysis revealed that planning strategies mediated the influence of cognitive style on achievement.
%K field dependence-independence
%K cognitive style
%K learning strategies
%K self-regulated learning
%K academic achievement.
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0102-79722012000100013&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en