The Relationship between Intelligence, Approaches to Learning and Academic Achievement

Author: Diseth Å.

Source: Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, Volume 46, Number 2, 1 June 2002 , pp. 219-230(12)

Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group

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Abstract:

Three different tests of intelligence and the Approaches and Study Skills Inventory for Students were administered to 89 Norwegian undergraduate psychology students. The purpose was to investigate the relationship between intelligence, approaches to learning and academic achievement. Factor analysis supported a one-factor solution of the three intelligence tests as an expression of general intelligence. No relationship between general intelligence and approaches to learning was observed. The WAIS vocabulary test of intelligence and the surface approach to learning were negatively correlated. The WAIS vocabulary test of intelligence and the surface approach to learning predicted academic achievement. A curvilinear relationship between surface approach and academic achievement was observed. Multiple regression analysis showed interaction effects between deep-strategic and surface-strategic approaches to learning as predictors of academic achievement. The findings support the construct validity of approaches to learning due to its independence of intelligence.

Keywords: INTELLIGENCE; APPROACHES; LEARNING; ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT

Language: English

Document Type: Research article

Publication date: 2002-06-01

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