LEARNING STRATEGIES FOR UNIVERSITY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS

Cross-sectional descriptive study, in a sample of 385 university students pertaining to a different academic program of the University of Conception and 163 students of different levels from Educational Establishments of Secondary Education, Chile, with the objective to identify the types of Personality with the Indicator of Type Myers-Briggs and the Strategies of Learning that they handle, using the ILP-R questionnaire elaborated by Schmeck (1981) and modified in Chile by Truffello and Perez. The results show that in the university students predominates the Type of Personality Introvert; and the Strategies of Learning they mainly used was the Strategy of Deep Processing, followed by Methodical, Retention of Facts and practically absent Elaborative strategy. On the other hand, in the students of Secondary Education noticeable predominance of the Extroverted type of personality; and the Strategies of Learning used was Methodical Strategy, Deep Processing, Retention of Facts. Elaborative strategy was not observed.