Profiling learners potentials: the SILPquestionnaire

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Profiling learners potentials the
SILP-questionnaire

• Liesje Coertjens
• Vincent Donche
• Heleen Verbeke
• Peter Van Petegem
• Research group EduBROn, Institute for education
  and Informational sciences, University of Antwerp

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Outline

• The SILP-questionnaire
• Learner profiles
• The quality of SILP
• Reliability
• Validity

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SILP-questionnaire

• Short inventory of learning patterns (SILP)
• Based on Vermunts ILS
• EduBRON Plantijn Hogeschool (Antwerp)
• Learning patterns
• the way one usually tackles a learning task,
  studies
• 13 parts, 61 items, - 25 minutes

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SILP-questionnaire

• Learning motivation
• Self-efficacy
• Study motivation
• Processing strategies
• Regulation strategies
• Other questions study carreer, prior
  achievement, academic self-confidence

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The SILP-questionnaire
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Learner profiles
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Learner profiles
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Outline

• The SILP-questionnaire
• Learner profiles
• The quality of SILP
• Reliability
• Validity

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The quality of SILPReliability

• N2.190, secondary higher education, Flanders
  The Netherlands

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The quality of SILPValidity

• Construct validity

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The quality of SILPValidity

• Predictive validity
• 733 professional bachelor generation students
• Preliminary results
• LP no predictive validity
• Scales 61.5 correct prediction pass/fail
• Negative Memorising, A-motivation
• Positive Analysing, Self-efficacy

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Conclusions

• The quality of SILP ok
• Limitations
• reliability only as internal consistency
  (test-retest?)
• convergent validity
• Questionnaires/ thinking out loud
  protocols/specific or general
• For practice
• quick survey tool to assess monitor student
  learning in higher education

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• further questions?
• E-mail
• Liesje.coertjens_at_ua.ac.be
• vincent.donche_at_ua.ac.be
• Research Group
• www.edubron.be