TY  - JOUR
A1  - Kwarikunda, Diana
A1  - Schiefele, Ulrich
A1  - Muwonge, Charles Magoba
A1  - Ssenyonga, Joseph
T1  - Profiles of learners based on their cognitive and metacognitive learning strategy use: occurrence and relations with gender, intrinsic motivation, and perceived autonomy support
JF  - Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
N2  - For life-long learning, an effective learning strategy repertoire is particularly important during acquisition of knowledge in lower secondary school—an educational level characterized with transition into more autonomous learning environments with increased complex academic demands. Using latent profile analysis, we explored the occurrence of different secondary school learner profiles depending on their various combinations of cognitive and metacognitive learning strategy use, as well as their differences in perceived autonomy support, intrinsic motivation, and gender. Data were collected from 576 ninth grade students in Uganda using self-report questionnaires. Four learner profiles were identified: competent strategy user, struggling user, surface-level learner, and deep-level learner profiles. Gender differences were noted in students’ use of elaboration and organization strategies to learn Physics, in favor of girls. In terms of profile memberships, significant differences in gender, intrinsic motivation and perceived autonomy support were also noted. Girls were 2.4–2.7 times more likely than boys to be members of the competent strategy user and surface-level learner profiles. Additionally, higher levels of intrinsic motivation predicted an increased likelihood membership into the deep-level learner profile, while higher levels of perceived teacher autonomy predicted an increased likelihood membership into the competent strategy user profile as compared to other profiles. Further, implications of the findings were discussed.
Y1  - 2022
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-022-01322-1
SN  - 2055-1045
VL  - 9
PB  - Springer Nature
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Gericke, Christian
A1  - Soemer, Alexander
A1  - Schiefele, Ulrich
T1  - Benefits of Mind Wandering for Learning in School Through Its Positive Effects on Creativity
JF  - Frontiers in Education
N2  - There is broad agreement among researchers to view mind wandering as an obstacle to learning because it draws attention away from learning tasks. Accordingly, empirical findings revealed negative correlations between the frequency of mind wandering during learning and various kinds of learning outcomes (e.g., text retention). However, a few studies have indicated positive effects of mind wandering on creativity in real-world learning environments. The present article reviews these studies and highlights potential benefits of mind wandering for learning mediated through creative processes. Furthermore, we propose various ways to promote useful mind wandering and, at the same time, minimize its negative impact on learning.
KW  - mind wandering
KW  - creativity
KW  - divergent thinking
KW  - incubation effect
KW  - school learning
KW  - creative problem solving
Y1  - 2022
U6  - https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2022.774731
SN  - 2504-284X
VL  - 7
PB  - Frontiers Media SA
CY  - Lausanne, Schweiz
ER  -