Investigación longitudinal de los hábitos de estudio en una cohorte de alumnos universitarios
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2012
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Corporación Universitaria Lasallista
Abstract
Introduction. In this article the evolution of study
habits of a university students´ cohort (throughout
5 years of professional studies) that started their
studies in a private university in 2002, is described.
Objective. To establish the changes in the study habits
(HE), as a product of the professional formation.
Additionally, this research work aims to characterize
the relationship between the study habits and the
academic performance. Materials and methods.
The Gasperín´s Study Habits Test was applied
to 162 new students in their first week of classes.
After 5 years, the same test was re-applied to the
subjects that were still in the university. Also, information
about their admission scores, performances
and their social & economical levels, were gathered.
Results. In the first application of the test there were
no statistically significant differences in the HE, according
to each professional studies program. In the
first semester, a positive correlation between the
performance and one of the scales of the instrument
was found (concentration and place of studying). In
general terms (considering the three programs studied)
there were no significant differences in the HE
in the before-and-after comparison. Conclusions.
This research work is aligned with other empirical
efforts interested on learning about the relationship
between HB and academic performance. On the
other hand, contributing with empirical evidence to
the knowledge about the high stability of the HE
through the time, offers clues to suppose that, possibly,
the fact of dominating a knowledge area may not
be necessarily related to an improvement of the way
in which we approach it, as it is commonly thought.
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Corporación Universitaria Lasallista, Educación superior, Hábitos de estudio, Test de hábitos de estudio de gasparín, Estudiantes universitarios