Abstract

An assessment of the influence of various students' learning strategies on students achievement and the influence of the peer group on these strategies was conducted in the District of Temerloh in the State of Pahang, Malaysia. The study involved 50 Form Four students (16 males and 34 females). The various learning strategies was assessed by the Learning and Study Strategies Inventory (Weinstein et al. 1987). Students academic achievement were assessed by the Malaysian School Certificate (MCE) result (equivalent to A-level). The test was given before the project started and after the final stage of the project. It was assumed that the Menara Gading Project would assist students to improved their learning strategies and these would affect their achievement. It is also assumed that peer group would have influenced on students learning strategies. The results are discussed with reference to the Malaysian educational context.

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30 min. Paper

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Malaysia