Thinking styles and academic achievement among Filipino students

College

College of Liberal Arts

Department/Unit

Psychology

Document Type

Article

Source Title

Journal of Genetic Psychology

Volume

163

Issue

2

First Page

149

Last Page

163

Publication Date

1-1-2002

Abstract

The authors' objective in this study was to determine whether the precepts of R. J. Sternberg's (1988, 1997) theory of mental self-government apply to a non-Western culture. They administered R. J. Sternberg and R. K. Wagner's (1992) Thinking Styles Inventory, which is based on the theory of mental self-government, to 429 Filipino university students. The results of item analysis, scale intercorrelations, and factor analysis were consistent with the general provisions of the theory. Correlational analysis between thinking styles and grade point average showed that thinking styles are related to academic achievement. The results are explained with respect to the concepts and practices of Philippine culture and schools and discussed in relation to the developmental assumptions of the theory of mental self-government. © 2002 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.

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Digitial Object Identifier (DOI)

10.1080/00221320209598674

Disciplines

Educational Psychology

Keywords

Academic achievement; Thought and thinking

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