Differences in the use of learning strategies in university education students

Given that university students may have different ways of organizing themselves to learn, the use of learning strategies in students belonging to three education careers at the University of Cuenca was investigated. A quantitative approach was used, the CEVEAPEU questionnaire was applied to evaluate 25 learning strategies to a sample of 305 university students and the differences that may exist in the use of strategies were analyzed among: careers, year of study and gender of the students. It was found that there were significant differences in the use of 14 learning strategies among the three careers investigated; that men used more motivational and affective strategies, while women handled learning skills better; and that in the first year of studies there was a greater use of motivational strategies and those that favor memoristic learning. It is important to know how students use learning strategies, because this facilitates the design of educational strategies according to the context of the groups investigated.