ANÁLISE DA FREQUÊNCIA DA UTILIZAÇÃO DAS TÉCNICAS DE APRENDIZAGEM: UM ESTUDO COM DISCENTES DO CURSO DE CIÊNCIAS CONTÁBEIS.

The present study aims to identify the frequency of use of study and learning techniques by accounting students from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN). From a non-probabilistic and accidental sampling, composed by 231 students, we sought to identify the frequency of use of study techniques evidenced by Dunlosky et al. (2013) by applying structured questionnaires. In addition to the descriptive analysis, we grouped the data to determine, through the test of average t of Student, if there is a statistically significant difference between the means of groups: gender, shift, employment and academic period. The main results show that, generally, the techniques which are better evaluated for their utility are poorly adopted, as the resolution of practical tests and the practice of distributing study over time. Otherwise, considered low utility strategies, italics and underlined, in addition to the rereading, showed significant occurrence. Regarding the moderate useful strategies, self explanation and elaborative question proved to be predominant. Briefly, the realization of average testing led to verify that there are average differences in gender group as the techniques: summaries, italics/underline, reinterpretation and practical tests; in the study turn group on elaborative questioning techniques and practical tests; and employment groups and course period in relation to the mental image technique. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]