Children's Study Habits Are Predicted by Their Parents' Learning Strategy Preferences

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Abstract

This study examined whether parents’ beliefs about the effectiveness of learning strategies influence the learning strategies that their children use. 200 pairs of parents and their adolescent children separately rated how effective they believed 21 different learning strategies to be, with children also rating frequency of strategy use. Ratings were repeated approximately 1 year later. Using a linear mixed effects model, we found that parents’ strategy effectiveness beliefs at the first time point predicted their children’s use of the strategies one year later, even controlling for children’s strategy use at the first time point. This finding demonstrates the importance of considering familial factors when studying students’ learning strategy use.

Authors

• Emily Corwin-Renner, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen

• Naoki Nakazato, Oita University

• Kazuhiro Ohtani, Hokkaido University

• Ryo Ishii, Doshisha University

• Noriaki Fukuzumi, Kochi University of Technology

• Michiko Sakaki, University of Reading

• Shin-ichi Ishikawa, Doshisha University

• Takashi Suzuki, Kochi University of Technology

• Kou Murayama, University of Reading

• Ayumi Tanaka, Doshisha University