Estudo de tradução, adaptação e validação do ASSIST numa amostra de estudantes universitários portugueses

Abstract

In this article we investigate approaches to study, conceptions of learning, and teaching styles in Portuguese higher education students. It was our purpose to construct a Portuguese version of the Approaches and Study Skills Inventory for Students - short version (Tait, Entwistle & McCune, 1998). Validity and reliability were considered and tested in a sample of Portuguese college students. The results from construct validity and internal consistency indicate that in general, the instrument measures the theoretical constructs. College students that integrated the studied sample did reveal certain ways of approaching the study and learning tasks. Nevertheless, we highlight some limitations, not only typical of instruments of this nature (auto-response), but also related to some procedures. In particular, we emphasize some less satisfactory results in some of the subscales of the inventory.