Learner profiles in secondary education: Occurrence and relationship with performance and student characteristics. Issue 3 (4th May 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Rogiers, Amélie; Merchie, Emmelien; Van Keer, Hilde
• Is Part Of: Journal of educational research. Volume 112:Issue 3(2019)
• Page Start: 385
• Page End: 396
• Publication Date: 2019-05-04
• Subjects: Text-learning strategies -- learner profiles -- study traces -- secondary education; Education -- Periodicals; 370.705
• DOI: 10.1080/00220671.2018.1538093
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0022-0671

Abstract

Abstract: 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.