The Effect of Attitudes toward Lectures on Learning Outcomes Mediated by Attitudes toward Active Learning

Abstract

The purposes of this study were to develop a “Lecture Attitude Scale,” examine its reliability and validity, and investigate its impact through the “Active Learning (Externalization) Scale” on learning outcomes. A questionnaire survey was administered to 1,854 undergraduate students. The main f inding was that attitudes toward lectures mediated by attitudes toward active learning had a positive ef fect on the development of competencies and the approach to deep learning. This result suggests that attitudes toward lectures can have an impact on learning outcomes, and that it is important to improve the quality of lectures to develop students' competencies and deepen their learning.