Learning habits in higher education

We are constantly learning every day and in every area of our life. Doing this we use different learning styles, methods, techniques and are having different learning habits. Also students in higher education differ in their learning approaches and are having different learning habits. In the paper this approaches are described and some of the research findings among high school students in Slovenia are presented. We tried to find out if there are any correlations between students' learning habits and the average grade; if there are differences in gender and age regarding learning habits; does social status like working or having scholarship, living at home or in dorms, income rate, parents education influence learning habits. (C) 2013 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.