Características de los Estudiantes de Grado de las áreas Ciencias Sociales y Salud: autoconcepto, motivación y estrategias de aprendizaje

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ResumenLa universidad actual está experimentando diversos cambios, dentro de este contexto es importante conocer las características del alumnado universitario para lograr una adaptación óptima. Entre las características más relevantes a analizar destacamos la relevancia del autoconcepto, o la percepción que las personas tenemos de nosotras mismas, la motivación y las estrategias que emplean los estudiantes para el aprendizaje en el ámbito universitario. En este estudio han participado un total de 155 estudiantes de Grado de la Universidad de Granada (143 mujeres y 12 hombres; edad media=22.48, DT=4.11), de éstos 65 pertenecen al área de Ciencias Characteristics of Social Sciences and Health SciencesDegrees: self-concept , motivation and learning strategies Calet, N. Dumitrache, C. G. Universidad de Granada (España) AbstractCurrent university context is experiencing many changes and in order to achieve a better adaptation of students to this new context it is important to identify university students' characteristics. Among students characteristics' we emphasise the relevance of self-concept, or the perception that we have about ourselves, motivation and learning strategies that students use to acquire knowledge. In this study a total of 155 students from the University of Granada took part (143 female and 12 men; mean age=22.48, SD=4.11), of whom 65 were taking a degree that belongs to the Social Science disciplines (Preschool Education Degree) and 90 were taking a degree that belongs to the Health Sciences

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“…), guaranteeing a more impartial evaluation of the students' skills. This aspect may impact the students' performance and subsequent careers (Calet & Dumitrache, 2016).…”

Study of Psychosocial and Academic Indicators in Young Adults from Andalucía, Spain

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