Persistence of Learning Style, Learning Strategy, and Personality Traits

This dataset contains the result of the survey to learning styles, learning strategies, and personality traits.

The survey was executed in winter term 2023/24 and summer term 2023 in a German university (OTH Regensburg) during the course "Software Engineering".

Examined questionnaires are ILS (learning styles), LIST-K (learning strategies), and BFI-10 (personality traits).

The same three questionnaires were asked at two different survey periods three to four months apart while each survey period lasts one to two weeks. Pretest data were examined at the start of the term, while posttest data at the end.

Files:

answer_comparison.xlsx

persistence.xlsx

value_comparison.xlsx

Abbreviation LIST-K
Full name

CS
Cognitive strategies

MCS
Metacognitive strategies

MIR
Strategies for managing internal resources

MER
Strategies for managing external resources

CSORG
Cognitive strategies - organizing

CSELA
Cognitive strategies - elaborating

CSCCH
Cognitive strategies - critical checking

CSREP
Cognitive strategies - repeating

MCSGOP
Metacognitive strategies - goals & plans

MCSMON
Metacognitive strategies - monitoring

MCSREG
Metacognitive strategies - regulating

MIRATT
Strategies for managing internal resources - attention

MIREFF
Strategies for managing internal resources - effort

MIRTIM
Strategies for managing internal resources - time

MERLEE
Strategies for managing external resources - learning environment

MERLIT
Strategies for managing external resources - literature research

MERLWP
Strategies for managing external resources - learning with peers

Abbreviation ILS
Full name

VV
Visual Verbal

SG
Sequential Global

AR
Active Reflective

SI
Sensing Intuitive

Abbreviation BFI-10
Full name

A
Agreeableness

C
Conscientiousness

E
Extraversion

N
Neuroticism

O
Openness

The presented work is supported by the ‘German Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space’ (BMFTR) through the granting of the funding project HASKI (FKZ: 16DHBKI035).