EXAMINING THE LEARNING STRATEGIES OF STUDENTS AT THE FACULTIES OF VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION

Dr. Gulcin Eroglu
Gazi University

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to examine the learning strategies used by the students studying at the faculties of vocational and technical education in terms of different variables. The data has been provided through General Learning Strategies Survey in this study , where Search Model has been used. The survey has been applied after its validity and reliability tests have been completed. The target universe of the study consists of 2575 people. The study has been carried out with 931 students chosen through ‘Stratified Sample’ method. The results of the study have shown that the students studying at the faculties of vocational and technical education prefer using ‘Cognitive Management Strategy’ the most and ‘Affective Strategy’ the least. It has also been found out that for girls there is a meaningful difference between the gender of students studying at the faculties of Vocational and Technical Education and the learning strategies they use, but the difference between the types of high schools learners graduated from and the frequency of using learning strategies is not meaningful. According to these results, it has been suggested that the learning strategies which students studying at the faculties of vocational and technical education prefer to use be determined through surveys in the first academic year and that the instructors be given seminars about learning and teaching strategies.

Keywords

Learning, Strategy, Students, Vocational and technical education faculties.

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