Copyright (c) 2009 All rights reserved. http://works.bepress.com/petra_lietz Recent documents in Dr. Petra Lietz en-us Wed, 30 Sep 2009 23:33:11 PDT 3600 http://works.bepress.com/petra_lietz/44 http://works.bepress.com/petra_lietz/44 Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:50:01 PDT Many studies of changes in learning approaches have used data from different age groups at one point in time only (Gow and Kember, High Educ 19:307-322, 1990; Watkins and Hattie, Br J Educ Psychol 51:384-393, 1981) or have analyzed the effects of just two or three factors using single level analytical techniques (Cano, Br J Educ Psychol 75:203-221, 2005; Duckwall et al., Res High Educ 32(1):1-13, 1991; Jay and Love, NCSSSMST J 7(2):4-8, 2002; Loo, Educ Psychol, 17(1/2), 1997; Watkins and Hattie, Hum Learn 4:127-141, 1985; Zeegers, Br J Educ Psychol 71:115-132, 2001). This study employs multilevel modeling as a more appropriate technique for the analysis of longitudinal data to examine factors influencing changes in the learning approaches of 153 international undergraduate students over a 3-year period. Specifically, using hierarchical linear modeling (HLM), the effects of personal values (level-2) on learning approaches and changes in them over time (level-1) are examined. Results show no changes within students in the deep and surface approaches to learning but a significant decline for the achieving approach, particularly for students who previously experienced a more formal teaching authority. Furthermore, students' personal values in terms of security, achievement and hedonism affect the achieving approach while no effects emerge for the personal values of tradition, conformity, universalism, self-direction and stimulation. Finally, these effects can be observed while no significant effects emerge for gender, discipline and ability. Petra Lietz http://works.bepress.com/petra_lietz/43 http://works.bepress.com/petra_lietz/43 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:58:08 PDT D Dabringhausen http://works.bepress.com/petra_lietz/42 http://works.bepress.com/petra_lietz/42 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:54:26 PDT Dieter Kotte http://works.bepress.com/petra_lietz/41 http://works.bepress.com/petra_lietz/41 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:50:55 PDT Petra Lietz http://works.bepress.com/petra_lietz/40 http://works.bepress.com/petra_lietz/40 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:49:38 PDT Petra Lietz http://works.bepress.com/petra_lietz/39 http://works.bepress.com/petra_lietz/39 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:37:06 PDT Margrit Schreier http://works.bepress.com/petra_lietz/38 http://works.bepress.com/petra_lietz/38 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:13:15 PDT Petra Lietz http://works.bepress.com/petra_lietz/37 http://works.bepress.com/petra_lietz/37 Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:10:04 PDT Petra Lietz http://works.bepress.com/petra_lietz/36 http://works.bepress.com/petra_lietz/36 Tue, 16 Jun 2009 20:25:07 PDT How will humanity continue to meet its energy needs without destroying the conditions necessary to sustain human life on earth? The search for an answer to this question depends as much on the past as on the present; and as much on the physical sciences as on the social sciences. This book offers a truly trans-disciplinary and trans-cultural look at the problem of energy production and consumption in modern times. Discussing issues of history, politics, science, risk, lifestyle and representation, contributors demonstrate that experiences through time can provide insights into the kinds of solutions that have succeeded, as well as reasons why other solutions have failed. They also show what different countries and cultures might learn from each other, emphasizing how discoveries in one discipline have inspired new approaches in another discipline. Among many other important conclusions, the book suggests that energy transitions do not occur simply because of the exhaustion of old energy sources, and any solutions to the incipient energy crisis of the 21st century will depend on people's perceptions of science, environment and risk, informed and shaped in turn by the media. Petra Lietz http://works.bepress.com/petra_lietz/35 http://works.bepress.com/petra_lietz/35 Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:34:47 PDT Petra Lietz