The relationship of thinking styles and learnhng strategies with achievement motivation

the present study was aimed to determine the relationships of thinking styles and learning strategies with academic achievement. The sample consisted of 267 girls studying in mathematics and physics discipline in fourth educational district of Tehran. The sample was selected randomly by multistage cluster sampling. The participants completed the Thinking Style Inventory (TSI; Sternberg & Wagner, 1992), the Learning Strategies Questionnaire (LSQ; Weinstein & Mayer, 1998), and the Achievement Motivation Test (ACMT; Bhargava, 1994). The data were analyzed using correlation test and stepwise multiple regression. The results indicated that 1) thinking styles and learning strategies correlated positively with achievement motivation, 2) time management was the strongest predictors of academic achievement, 3) legislative and judicial thinking styles explained achievement motivation, and 4
anxiety as a component of learning strategies was related to decreased achievement motivation. The necessity of identifying students’ thinking styles and learning strategies was examined.