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).