IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/ajo/reissc/v1y2018i1p20-26id3.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

A Comprehensive Study Plan for Identifying the Impact of Learning Styles, Teaching Strategies, Need for Cognition, and Meta-Cognition on Academic Achievement of Students in the Educational Centers

Author

Listed:
  • Mohsen Malekalketab Khiabani

Abstract

According to the extant literature, the positive roles of learning styles, teaching strategies, need for cognition, and meta-cognition on promotion and enhancing level of academic achievement is irrefutable. This study aims to plan for identifying the impact of mentioned variables on the academic achievement of students in the Educational Centers. The developed research model is based on a review in literature and is a comprehensive model which consists of four independent variables namely learning styles, teaching strategies, need for cognition, and meta-cognition. And one dependent variable that is academic achievement. In order to reach major and minor research objectives, the author develops a survey instrument with a proper standard and introduces a quantitative approach involving the distribution of questionnaires among students implementable in any educational centers. Total collected data can be analyzed through the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) or Structural Equation Modeling via Analysis of Moment Structure (AMOS) program (SEM-AMOS). In order to answer research questions and testing developed hypotheses of this study, reliability test, descriptive statistics, factor analysis, correlation test, and multiple regression analyses can be run in SPSS and it can be run confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) in AMOS program with two-step strategy proposed by (Anderson and Gerbing 1988). The contribution of this scientific research will be pragmatic for academics in this research era because of the comprehensive research model. Also, this research has an outstanding role in bringing insight and realization for deputy deans, rectorates in the educational centers. Finally, the value of findings will be beneficial for promoting and increasing the level of academic achievement through learning styles, teaching strategies, need for cognition, and meta-cognition.

Suggested Citation

  • Mohsen Malekalketab Khiabani, 2018. "A Comprehensive Study Plan for Identifying the Impact of Learning Styles, Teaching Strategies, Need for Cognition, and Meta-Cognition on Academic Achievement of Students in the Educational Centers," Research in Social Sciences, Academia Publishing Group, vol. 1(1), pages 20-26.
    • Handle: RePEc:ajo:reissc:v:1:y:2018:i:1:p:20-26:id:3
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://academiainsight.com/index.php/riss/article/view/3/3
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:ajo:reissc:v:1:y:2018:i:1:p:20-26:id:3. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Lucía Aguado (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://academiainsight.com/index.php/riss/ .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.