Abstract

PARRALES RODRIGUEZ, Sonia  and  SOLORZANO SALAS, Julieta. Motivation and learning strategies of counseling and special education students. Rev. Actual. Investig. Educ [online]. 2014, vol.14, n.1, pp.01-20. ISSN 1409-4703.

This scientific article presents the results of an investigation conducted in 2012 to characterize learning strategies and motivation of the student population of Counseling and Special Education, Faculty of Education, University of Costa Rica. Both careers have a commitment to quality and require information that allows a better approach to the ways in which each student organizes for learning, as well as the aspects that contribute to reach academic achievement. The research involved students of the Bachelor of Science in Education with an emphasis in Special Education and the Bachelor and Degree of Science in Education with emphasis in Counseling. We used an adaptation of two instruments: the Study Techniques Questionnaire and Motivated Strategies for Learning, and selected the items that showed psychometric properties for a total of 25 items with Cronbach's alpha of α = 0.785. As part of the research findings it is observed that the strategies of study used by the group of students were the review, the use of diagrams and concept maps, underlining, critical thinking, metacognition, self-regulation and resource management. In the motivation aspect, the student searches for intrinsic and extrinsic motivation and feels less anxiety on the exams.

Keywords : Learning strategies; motivación; college student; higher education; Costa Rica.

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