TY - JOUR
T1 - Measuring university students' approaches to learning statistics
T2 - an invariance study
AU - Chiesi, Francesca
AU - Primi, Caterina
AU - Bilgin, Ayse Aysin
AU - Lopez, Maria Virginia
AU - del Carmen Fabrizio, Maria
AU - Gozlu, Sitki
AU - Tuan, Nguyen Minh
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - The aim of the current study was to provide evidence that an abbreviated version of the Approaches and Study Skills Inventory for Students (ASSIST) was invariant across different languages and educational contexts in measuring university students’ learning approaches to statistics. Data were collected on samples of university students attending undergraduate introductory statistics courses in five countries (Argentina, Italy, Australia, Turkey, and Vietnam). Using factor analysis, we confirmed the three-factor (Deep, Surface, and Strategic approach) model holds across the five samples, and we provided evidence of configural and measurement invariance. The current version of the ASSIST for statistics learners is a suitable scale for researchers and teachers working in the field of statistics education and represents promising tool for multinational studies on approaches to learning statistics.
AB - The aim of the current study was to provide evidence that an abbreviated version of the Approaches and Study Skills Inventory for Students (ASSIST) was invariant across different languages and educational contexts in measuring university students’ learning approaches to statistics. Data were collected on samples of university students attending undergraduate introductory statistics courses in five countries (Argentina, Italy, Australia, Turkey, and Vietnam). Using factor analysis, we confirmed the three-factor (Deep, Surface, and Strategic approach) model holds across the five samples, and we provided evidence of configural and measurement invariance. The current version of the ASSIST for statistics learners is a suitable scale for researchers and teachers working in the field of statistics education and represents promising tool for multinational studies on approaches to learning statistics.
KW - approaches to learning
KW - statistics education
KW - invariance
KW - CFA
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84966549794&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/0734282915596125
DO - 10.1177/0734282915596125
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84966549794
SN - 0734-2829
VL - 34
SP - 256
EP - 268
JO - Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment
JF - Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment
IS - 3
ER -