Self-regulated learning/Learning and Study Skills Inventory (LASSI)

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Introduction

The Learning and Study Strategies Inventory or LASSI is a self-reporting questionnaire developed by Weinstein et al. [1] [2] that “that ask students to respond to Likert-type items concerning their level of cognitive strategy use and their regulation of cognition.” (Pintrich et al., 2000) [3]

The construction of the scale is well described in Weinstein 1988 [2]

The final LASSI scale

The final scale includes 90 items regrouped into 10 different scales:

Scale No. of items Alpha
Anxiety 10 .82
Attitude 4 .60
Concentration 8 .82
Information processing 17 .88
Motivation 14 .87
Scheduling 5 .69
Selecting main ideas 4 .61
Self-testing 5 .64
Study aids 8 .69
Test strategies 13 .83

Bibliography

  1. Weinstein, C. E., Schulte, A, & Palmer, D. (1987). LASSI: Learning and Study Strategies Inventory. Clearwater, FL: H& H Publishing.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Weinstein, C. E., Zimmerman, S., & Palmer, D. (1988). Assessing learning strategies: The design and development of the LASSI. In C. E. Weinstein, E. Goetz, & P. Alexander (Eds.), Learning and study strategies: Issues in assessment, instruction, and evaluation (pp. 25-40). San Diego: Academic Press.
  3. Pintrich, P., Wolters, C., & Baxter, G. (2000). Assessing metacognition and self-regulated learning. In G. Schraw & J. Impara (Eds.), Issues in the measurement of metacognition (pp. 43–97). Lincoln, NE: The University of Nebraska Press, http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/burosmetacognition/3/