Adaptation and Validation of the Inventory of Learning Styles for Quality Assurance in a Hong Kong Post-Secondary Education Context

Autor/inn/en	Law, Dennis C. S.; Meyer, Jan H. F.
Titel	Adaptation and Validation of the Inventory of Learning Styles for Quality Assurance in a Hong Kong Post-Secondary Education Context
Quelle	In: Quality in Higher Education, 16 (2010) 3, S.269-283 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1353-8322
Schlagwörter	Feedback (Response); Quality Control; Factor Analysis; Foreign Countries; Program Validation; Media Adaptation; Cognitive Style; Learning Strategies; Learning Processes; Item Analysis; Postsecondary Education; Psychometrics; Educational Quality; Replication (Evaluation); Hong Kong + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Qualitätskontrolle; Faktorenanalyse; Ausland; Medienverwendung; Cognitive styles; Kognitiver Stil; Learning methode; Learning techniques; Lernmethode; Lernstrategie; Learning process; Lernprozess; Itemanalyse; Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; Psychometry; Psychometrie; Quality of education; Bildungsqualität; Hongkong
Abstract	A Chinese translation of the Inventory of Learning Styles (ILS), a quantitative instrument employed mainly in Western higher education contexts for collecting students' feedback on their learning patterns (in the form of students' processing strategies, regulation strategies, learning orientations and conceptions of learning), was adapted and validated for application in the new response-context of Hong Kong post-secondary education via a large student sample. The reliabilities of the adapted ILS scales, as reflected by Cronbach's coefficient alphas, were found to be generally satisfactory. From an exploratory factor analysis conducted on the adapted ILS scales, four factors were identified that resemble the relevant features of the factor structure reported in a study in an Indonesian response-context. Overall, the present study provides qualified support for the reliability and validity of the adapted ILS for application in the context of Hong Kong post-secondary education. (Contains 4 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10