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The mediating role of learners’ awareness on learner behaviour was determined using the 21-item Learner Awareness Levels Questionnaire (LALQ) and structural equation modelling (SEM) using data from 2645 Malaysian students and 316 American students. The results suggest that student approaches to learning for the Malaysian and American samples were different. Learner awareness was related to affective learning for Malaysian students while for American students it was related to cognitive learning. Learner awareness partially mediated learner behaviour for both cognitive and affective learning among Malaysian students while it fully mediated learner behaviour for cognitive learning among American students.
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Chee Choy, S., Street, J., Roukema, L., Yim, J.SC. (2017). The Mediating Role of Learners’ Awareness on Malaysian and American Students’ Approaches to Learning. In: Teh, G., Choy, S. (eds) Empowering 21st Century Learners Through Holistic and Enterprising Learning. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-4241-6_9
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