Psychology and Biology Majors Survey Data on Learning Styles

A study by Katieann Skogsberg investigated learning styles among psychology (87 students) and biology (92 students) majors using the Revised Study Process Questionnaire (R-SPQ-2F). The research found significant differences in Deep Approach, Deep Motive, and Deep Strategy subscales between majors, but no differences in Surface Approach subscales or between upper and lower level students.

Use Cases

• Compare learning style profiles between academic majors based on survey subscales.
• Analyze the prevalence of deep versus surface learning approaches among different student cohorts.
• Investigate correlations between learning styles and academic performance in specific disciplines.
• Support curriculum design by identifying learning style patterns within required courses.

Strengths

• Study includes 179 student participants (87 psychology majors and 92 biology majors).
• Data collection used a standardized instrument, the Revised Study Process Questionnaire (R-SPQ-2F).
• Analysis identified statistically significant differences on specific subscales (Deep Approach, Motive, Strategy).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect temporal or sample bias inherent to a single academic study.

Provenance

Source

Katieann Skogsberg

Collection Method

Likely contains survey responses from psychology and biology majors using the R-SPQ-2F instrument.