The Relationship Between Learning Strategies and Achievement Goal Orientations of High School Students

Abstract

The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between the learning strategies andachievement goal orientations of high school students. The sample of the study consists of 642 studentsselected by cluster sampling method. The data were collected with “Learning Strategies Scale“ and“Patterns of Adaptive Learning Scale (PALS)”. Descriptive statistics, independent samples t-test, one-wayANOVA and Pearson correlation analysis were used to analyze the data. As a result, it was determinedthat the learning strategies that students used most were affective strategies and rehearsal strategies,and the least used strategies were organizational strategies. While examining students' goal orientationsit is concluded that they are more mastery goal oriented than performance goal orientation. In addition,a moderately significant relationship was found between mastery goal orientation and learningstrategies, while a low level significant relationship was found between performance goal orientationand learning strategies.