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Front. Educ., 04 June 2024
Sec. Higher Education
Volume 9 - 2024 | https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2024.1434305

Corrigendum: Influences on student motivation and independent learning skills: cross-cultural differences between Hong Kong and the United Kingdom

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  1. Influences on student motivation and independent learning skills: cross-cultural differences between Hong Kong and the United Kingdom

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\r\nNoble Po-kan Lo, Noble Po-kan Lo1,2*Pauline A. M. BremnerPauline A. M. Bremner3Katrina E. Forbes-McKayKatrina E. Forbes-McKay4
  • 1College of Professional and Continuing Education, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
  • 2Department of Educational Research, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom
  • 3School of Creative and Cultural Business, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, United Kingdom
  • 4School of Applied Social Studies, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

A corrigendum on
Influences on student motivation and independent learning skills: cross-cultural differences between Hong Kong and the United Kingdom

by Lo, N. P.-k., Bremner, P. A. M., and Forbes-McKay, K. E. (2024). Front. Educ. 8:1334357. doi: 10.3389/feduc.2023.1334357

In the published article, there was an error in the author list, and author Pauline A. M. Bremner and Katrina E. Forbes-McKay were erroneously excluded. The correct author list appears below.

Noble Po-Kan Lo, Pauline A. M. Bremner and Katrina E. Forbes-McKay

In the published article, there was an error in Figure 1 as published. Instead of the caption: Figure 1. Learning styles against grades in RGU study. Source: Bremner and McKay (2022, p. 25), the correct caption is given below.

Figure 1. Learning styles against grades in RGU study. Source: Bremner and Forbes-McKay (2022, p. 25).

In the published article, a reference citation was written incorrectly in the following sections, Materials and methods, Data analysis, paragraph four; Findings, Students in Scotland, paragraph four; Focus group in Scotland, paragraph one and two and paragraphs three to six; Students in Hong Kong, paragraph three and in Tables 2, 3, 6, and 7. Instead of Bremner and McKay 2022, the correct reference is Bremner and Forbes-McKay (2022).

In the published article, the name of one of the authors was incorrectly written in the reference list. Instead of Bremner, P., and McKay, K. (2022). Developing Independent Learning Skills in Students. Aberdeen: Robert Gordon University.] The correct reference is Bremner, P. A. M., and Forbes-McKay, K. E. (2022). Developing Independent Learning Skills in Students. Aberdeen: Robert Gordon University.

Author contributions

NP-kL: Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing. PB: Data curation, Methodology, Formal analysis, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing. KF-M: Data curation, Methodology, Formal analysis, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing.

The authors apologize for these errors and state that this does not change the scientific conclusions of the article in any way. The original article has been updated.

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References

Bremner, P. A. M, and Forbes-McKay, K. E. (2022). Developing Independent Learning Skills in Students. Aberdeen: Robert Gordon University.

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Keywords: independent learning, self-regulation, self-motivation, growth mindset, cross-cultural, the 8-item intelligence questionnaire

Citation: Lo NP-k, Bremner PAM and Forbes-McKay KE (2024) Corrigendum: Influences on student motivation and independent learning skills: cross-cultural differences between Hong Kong and the United Kingdom. Front. Educ. 9:1434305. doi: 10.3389/feduc.2024.1434305

Received: 17 May 2024; Accepted: 20 May 2024;
Published: 04 June 2024.

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*Correspondence: Noble Po-kan Lo, noble.lo@cpce-polyu.edu.hk

Disclaimer: All claims expressed in this article are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of their affiliated organizations, or those of the publisher, the editors and the reviewers. Any product that may be evaluated in this article or claim that may be made by its manufacturer is not guaranteed or endorsed by the publisher.