A study on the relationship of learning approaches and outcomes of BSA students

• Main Authors: Bondoc, Candice, Gulle, Lizette, Manansala, Nicole, Recato, Dy Tristell
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2012
• Subjects: Learning; College students > Rating of.; Academic achievement > Evaluation; Educational tests and measurements; Accounting
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/10778
• Institution: De La Salle University

This study aims to identify the relationship between BSA students' approaches to learning and students' learning outcomes. It seeks to determine the existing relationship between the student's approach in preparing for the qualifying examination and what he would consequently achieve. It also takes into account gender differences in which it determined if there were differences between the learning approaches and the learning outcomes of male and female students. In conducting the study, a skill inventory developed by Entwistle and Ramsden was used the Approaches and Study Skills Inventory for Students (ASSIST). Cronbach's alpha was applied to validate the inventory tool in Philippine context. The study included 171 Bachelor of Science in Accountancy (BSA) students of De La Salle University who took the qualifying examination on the third and summer term of the Academic Year 2011-2012. The statistical tools that were used are means, standard deviation, independent t-test, point-biserial correlation analysis and repeated measures Analysis of Variance. The software, SPSS, was used to statistically analyze the gathered data. A contingency table and change of odds were also prepared to evaluate the proportion of second takers who will pass. The findings revealed: that the surface approach would most likely lead to failure, that male students are more inclined to use the deep approach and that second takers have a greater chance of passing compared to first takers.