scholarly journals Improving Study Skills by Combining a Study Skill Module and Repeated Reflection Seminars

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Björn Hedin ◽  
Viggo Kann

If students have a broad spectrum of study skills, learning will likely be positively affected, since they can adapt the way they learn in different situations. Such study skills can be learned in, for example, learning-to-learn courses. Several studies of such courses have been done over the years, but few of these have been carried out in longitudinal naturalistic settings, where the effect has been evaluated over several years in nonexperimental settings. In this paper, we present a novel approach for learning study skills, as a part of a course running over three years. The course starts with a learning-to-learn module, followed by 11 follow-ups that include, among other things, peer discussions about learning strategies with the aim of promoting self-regulated learning. This evaluation shows which study skills the students were most interested in trying, how successful they were in continuing to use the study skills, and which effects the students believed the study skills had after trying them. No significant change was found in how satisfied the students were with their overall study technique immediately after the initial module, but in the long term, 78% of the students believed the course had promoted their ability to analyze and adapt their study habits. We conclude that our approach could be a useful way to get the students to improve their repertoire and use of study skills, and we believe that the students also will improve general self-regulated learning skills.

2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 312-324
Author(s):  
Şenol Şen

Self-regulated learning skills (such as goal setting, organizing environment and time, seeking help and self-evaluation) are critical for students to be able to successfully and meaningful learn abstract concepts such as reduction, oxidation and electrolysis. The purpose of this research was to examine the relationships between self-regulated learning skills and chemistry achievement in Turkish secondary school students. Therefore, a structural equation model was developed and tested to model the relationships among task value, control of learning beliefs, performance-approach goals, mastery-approach goals, self-efficacy for learning and performance, metacognitive learning strategies, time and study environment management, effort regulation, and achievement in electrochemistry. Data was collected from 481 secondary school students through administration of the Achievement Goal Questionnaire, the Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire and the Electrochemistry Concept Test. The results showed that students’ task value, performance-approach goals, and time and study environment management significantly positively correlated with achievement. Path analysis demonstrated that metacognitive learning strategies, mastery-approach goals, and effort regulation were predictors of students’ time and study environment management. Moreover, effort regulation, metacognitive learning strategies, and mastery-approach goals were found to have indirect effects, which were mediated by time and study environment management. Key words: chemistry achievement, direct and indirect effects, self-regulated learning skills, secondary school students, path model.


2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 101-116
Author(s):  
Chiara Meneghetti ◽  
Nicole Casali ◽  
Mara Fabris ◽  
Debora Palamà ◽  
Roberta Rizzato ◽  
...  

"Students can encounter difficulties in their academic careers, regarding their studying skills, for instance, or experiencing negative emotions. Both are amenable to training and related to one another. This study aimed to examine the efficacy of two interventions focusing on studying skills or emotional skills. Two groups of students with academic difficulties participated: 30 worked on study-related aspects (Study skills group); and the other 30 attended lessons on emotions in everyday life (Emotional skills group). They were tested before and after the training on measures of their motivation to learn, self–regulated learning strategies, and emotions (positive and negative emotions). The results showed that both groups benefited from the training. The Study skills group improved specifically in incremental theory of intelligence (d=0.94, p<0.001), self–regulated learning strategies (organization: d=0.74, p<0.001; elaboration: d=0.58, p<0.001; preparing for exams: d=0.78, p<0.001, specific effects), and more positive emotions about their academic performance (d=0.64, p<0.001, transfer effect). The Emotional skills group showed smaller effects on study-related aspects (0.10≤d≤0.49), with a large effect on negative emotions about the self (d=– .87). These results offer insight on how to approach students’ academic difficulties."


Author(s):  
Muhammed EKEN ◽  
Kerim GÜNDOĞDU

This research aims to examine the use of language learning strategies and self-regulatory learning skills of university preparatory class and private English language course students according to their school type, gender, proficiency level, graduated high school type, and age. 293 learners from Adnan Menders University, School of Foreign Languages, and 129 learners from private language schools in Aydın (a total of 422 learners) composed of the research sample. Language Learning Strategies Inventory, which was developed by Oxford (1990) and adapted to Turkish by Cesur and Fer (2007), and self-regulated learning scale developed by Turan (2009) were used to identify the use of language strategies and self-regulated learning skills of learners. Confirmatory factor analysis was carried out for Language Learning Strategies Inventory and for Self-regulated Learning Scale both explanatory and confirmatory factor analysis were carried out by researchers. According to the results of the research, it was found that learners had a medium level use of language learning strategies and self-regulation skills. It was determined that the use of language learning strategies and self-regulation skills of private language course students are higher than those of preparatory class learners. It was also found that there was a positive, high-level correlation between the language learning strategies and self-regulation skills of the learners.


2020 ◽  
Vol 25 ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Liz Cristiane Dias ◽  
Evely Boruchovitch

Este artigo objetiva averiguar, com base em uma revisão sistemática de literatura, o investimento em estratégias de ensino e aprendizagem autorregulada em cursos de Licenciatura em Geografia. Os dados foram coletados nas bases de dados Scientific Electronic Library Online, Red de Revistas Cientificas de America Latina y el Caribe, España y Portugal e na Plataforma Sucupira da Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior em periódicos da Geografia com classificação Qualis A1, A2 e B1 dos últimos cinco anos. A busca pelos trabalhos teve como resultado o total de 154 artigos. Destes, apenas 25 tratavam especificamente da formação inicial de professores e, dentre estes, apenas 8 atendiam às demandas da pesquisa. Os resultados revelaram a necessidade de mais investimento em programas de intervenção em estratégias de aprendizagem e a necessidade de pesquisas futuras que disseminem na Geografia a temática da autorregulação.


Author(s):  
Gregory L. Callan ◽  
Lisa DaVia Rubenstein ◽  
Tyler Barton ◽  
Aliya Halterman

2011 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chia-Wen Tsai

Computing education in Taiwan is ineffective. Most teaching efforts in private vocational schools have been devoted to helping students pass tests through a “spoon-feeding” teaching method. Under such constraints, students may lose their long-term competence in practical terms. In this study, the author conducted a series of quasi-experiments to examine the long-term effects of web-mediated problem-based learning (PBL), self-regulated learning (SRL), and their combinations on students’ computing skills over three years. The author re-examined students’ long-term computing skills three years after the start of the related course. Results reveal that effects of web-mediated PBL, SRL, and their combinations on students’ long-term computing skills are significant. The implications for scholars and teachers engaged in online learning were also discussed.


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