Individual ways of interacting with the learning environment - are they related to study success?

This study concentrated on the study practices of advanced medical students , and on how these are related to study success. All 67 participants were h igh achievers who had gone through a demanding selection process. The subje cts completed a questionnaire concentrating on their study practices and co nceptions of knowledge. Individual ways of interacting with the learning en vironment were looked at in the light of interviews of 35 volunteer student s. The results showed that students' individual study orchestrations were r elated to study success. It was concluded that dissonant study orchestratio ns may develop because of the mismatch between the demands of the learning environment and students' personal goals. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. Al l rights reserved.