Teaching a Course in Learning to Learn

1987 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 81-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul R. Pintrich ◽  
Wilbert J. McKeachie ◽  
Yi-Guang Lin
Keyword(s):  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Writing Skills ◽  
Self Management ◽  
Learning To Learn ◽  
Important Goal ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Test Taking ◽  
Test Taking Strategies ◽  
Approach To Teaching ◽  
Teaching Learning

Teaching students to be life-long learners is an important goal of higher education. Students need to be taught explicitly how to use learning strategies to achieve this goal. We have designed a course to teach college students a variety of learning strategies. The course provides instruction in theory and research in cognitive psychology and in the application of learning strategies for studying. Topics covered include learning from lectures, texts, and discussions; memory models and strategies; motivation; writing skills; test-taking strategies; problem solving; and self-management. The course promises to be a useful approach to teaching learning strategies.

scholarly journals Teaching and learning process of test-taking strategies in answering reading comprehension section

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 113-124
Author(s):  
Elika Aji Zulmaini
Keyword(s):  
Reading Comprehension ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Planning Strategy ◽  
Test Taking ◽  
Qualitative Research Design ◽  
Monitoring Strategies ◽  
Teaching And Learning Strategies ◽  
Test Taking Strategies

The study was aimed at finding the difficulties faced by test takers in Reading Comprehension section of TOEFL and describing the teaching and learning process of test-taking strategies of Reading Comprehension section of TOEFL. This study used qualitative research design. To collect the data, the researchers used document analysis and observation as the instrument of the study. The subjects of this study were the students or test takers and a teacher or tutor in TOEFL preparation class. The study showed the range of difficulty faced by students or test takers are skill 6 (57.14%), skill 8 (50%), skill 7, 9, 10, and 11 (33.3%), skill 3 (31%), skill 4 and 12 (16.7%), skill 1 (8.3%), and skill 5 (0%). In teaching and learning strategies, the Planning Strategy was applied in skills 1, 3, 9, 6, 7, 4, 5, and 8. Monitoring Strategies was applied in in skills 1, 3, 9, 6, and 4. Comprehending strategy was used in skills 1, 3, 6, 7, 4, 10, and 11. Retrieval Strategy was applied in skills 9, 5, and 8. Socioaffective strategy was applied in skill 9. Test-wiseness strategy was applied in skills 1, 3, and 9. Based on findings, the researchers found that there is still high percentage of difficult skills faced by students or test takers and more than one strategies were applied in almost every skill of the Reading Comprehension Section of TOEFL.

scholarly journals Strategies of Developing General Competencies of Pre-service Teachers of Music

Pedagogika ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 112 (4) ◽  
pp. 39-45
Author(s):  
Jolanta Lasauskienė
Keyword(s):  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Music Teachers ◽  
Qualitative Content Analysis ◽  
Music Teacher ◽  
Learning To Learn ◽  
Educational Project ◽  
Teacher Student ◽  
Musical Activity ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Student Reflections

According to the Lithuanian and foreign experience of educationalists, the present article discusses possibilities of developing general competencies of pre-service teachers of music by applying the project method. The research is related to analysis of opportunities to improve students’ competencies of reflection and learning to learn, as well as communication and cooperation. The problem of the research formulated: in what way and what impact project activities can exert on general competencies of future teachers of music; what are the basic strategies for developing general competencies of students involved in music pedagogy. The purpose of the research is to highlight basic strategies of developing general competencies of pre - service teachers of music. The methods of the research are as follows: analysis of scientific literature and documents, educational project, written student reflections, qualitative content analysis. Conclusions: The most important strategies connected with future music teacher general competencies by means of musical activity are related to the following: 1) promotion of students’ independent involvement in musical project activities (by strengthening the practice of socially important musical activities); 2) strengthening of teacher - student cooperation; 3) encouragement of learners to reflect and self - assess their own activities. Application of strategies related to development of general competencies during the educational project helped to fi various features connected with development of the competencies discussed above. It can be stated that the application of foreseen education strategies in project activities could have influenced the development of general competencies of future music teachers. While improving the study programmes for future music teachers, it is important to pay more attention to reflective teaching (learning) strategies and methods. While organizing project activities, it is advised to use the partnership based principles of pedagogy, which are validated on esteem, confidence and cooperation. While enhancing the independent student‘s involvement into musical project activities, it is advised to give the alternatives for students of activity selection.

Evidence-Based Learning Strategies: Preparing Students With High-Incidence Disabilities for College

2018 ◽  
Vol 54 (4) ◽  
pp. 204-211
Author(s):  
Amber B. Ray
Keyword(s):  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
College Teaching ◽  
Academically Successful ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Test Taking ◽  
Assignment Completion ◽  
High Incidence ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
High Incidence Disabilities

An increasing number of students with disabilities now attend college, but many do not complete their college program due to poor grades. This may occur because students with high-incidence disabilities often struggle acquiring the academic skills essential to success in college. Teaching learning strategies to students with high-incidence disabilities in high school can help prepare them to be academically successful in college. Learning strategies are specific techniques used to help students approach and learn content material. This article presents five strategies for learning academic content that can be taught to students with high-incidence disabilities who aim to go to college. The learning strategies incorporate mnemonics and an evidence-based practice and are intended to improve students’ listening during class, effective note taking, reading content material, assignment completion, and test taking.

scholarly journals Self-Regulated Learning Strategies and Their Effects on Math Performance of Pre-University International Students in Malaysia

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 89-97
Author(s):  
Tang Eng Loong
Keyword(s):  
International Students ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Math Performance ◽  
Academic Tasks ◽  
First Semester ◽  
Self Regulated Learning ◽  
Test Taking ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Regulated Learning ◽  
Test Taking Strategies

The study examined any differences in self-regulated learning (SRL) strategies between two groups of international students in the Monash University Foundation Year (MUFY) program in Malaysia, in which one group of 58 international students in their first semester, and another group of 18 international students in their second and third semesters. It followed by examining the effect of the use of SRL strategies on math performance for both groups. The Learning and Study Strategies Inventory (LASSI) was used to measure the use of SRL strategies among international students, and the final score of the most manageable mathematical subject was used to measure their math performance. The result indicated that first-semester international students used as many SRL strategies as second- and thirdsemester international students, and no significant difference in math performance between the groups was found. The result also revealed that attitude towards academic tasks; motivation level and test taking strategies were positively associated with math performance of first-semester international students, while anxiety towards tests, attitude towards academic tasks and test taking strategies were positively associated with second- and third-semester international students’ math performance. Moreover, math performance of first-semester international students was significantly predicted by attitude towards academic tasks and test taking strategies, but second- and third-semester international students’ math performance was not significantly predicted by any SRL strategies.

The Effects of Computerized Sentence and Paragraph Strategy Instruction for Struggling Adolescent Writers

2020 ◽  
pp. 016264342097616
Author(s):  
Jean B. Schumaker
Keyword(s):  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Writing Skills ◽  
Strategy Instruction ◽  
Probe Design ◽  
Sentence Construction ◽  
Instructional Procedures ◽  
Software Program ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Multiple Probe ◽  
Adolescent Writers

The purpose of this study was to determine whether struggling adolescent writers could learn sentence and paragraph writing skills from a software program. Nine junior-high and nine senior-high struggling writers participated in a multiple-probe across-students design that was replicated six times. Instructional procedures within the software program were based on methods previously found to be successful in teaching learning strategies to adolescents. Measures included scores on practice activities, time spent working through the program, quiz and knowledge test scores, a sentence-construction score, a complete sentences score, a paragraph-organization score, a planning score, satisfaction with the software program, and satisfaction with personal writing skills. All of the students met mastery on all of the activities and quizzes in the program. Significant differences representing large effect sizes (range of Cohen’s d = 1.42 to 2.39) were found between baseline and post-instruction scores in the multiple-probe design on the Complete Sentence and Paragraph-Organization measures. Students indicated that they were satisfied with the software program and their own writing.

scholarly journals Educação Musical e Autorregulação da Aprendizagem no Ensino Básico e Superior / Music Education and Self-Regulation of Learning in Basic and Higher Education

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (58) ◽  
pp. 190-205
Author(s):  
Iuri Ozires Sobreira de Oliveira ◽  
João Carlos Sedraz Silva ◽  
Gibran Medeiros Chaves de Vasconcelos
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Music Education ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Self Management ◽  
Music Students ◽  
Music Teaching ◽  
Musical Education ◽  
Teaching Learning

Resumo: A busca por formas de ensino aprendizagem em música, apontam a cada dia para modelos distantes do modelo conservatorial (PENNA; SOBREIRA,2020). Dentre as novas abordagens propostas, destaca-se o autogerenciamento cognitivo, atitude relacionadas a autorregulação da aprendizagem. Esta revisão de literatura, realizada no período de julho de 2018 a julho de 2019, teve como objetivo buscar na literatura disponível, pesquisas que identificam comportamentos de Autorregulação da Aprendizagem em alunos de música no Ensino Básico e Superior. Foram analisados trabalhos nos últimos 10 anos voltados para o ensino da música e estratégias de autorregulação da aprendizagem. Os resultados encontrados apontam os comportamentos autorregulados dos alunos e demonstram que aprendizes autorregulados tendem a desenvolver melhor suas atividades de aquisição do conhecimento e aqueles que não tem esse perfil, podem desenvolvê-lo a partir da adoção de práticas de ensino propostas pelo professor que estimulem atitudes e estratégias autorregulatórias.Palavras-chave: Autorregulação; ensino; aprendizagem; Educação musical.Abstract: The search for ways of teaching and learning in music point each day to models that are far from the conservative model (PENNA; SOBREIRA, 2020). Among the new approaches proposed, cognitive self-management stands out, an attitude related to self-regulation of learning. This literature review, carried out from July 2018 to July 2019, aimed to search the available literature for research that identify Self-Regulation Learning behaviors in music students in Basic and Higher Education. Works in the last 10 years focused on music teaching and self-regulation learning strategies were analyzed. The results found indicate the self-regulated behaviors of students and demonstrate that self-regulated learners tend to better develop their knowledge acquisition activities and those who do not have this profile can develop it based on the adoption of teaching practices proposed by the teacher that encourage attitudes and self-regulatory strategies.Keywords: Self-regulation; teaching; learning; musical education. 

Perceptions on the effectiveness of active learning strategies

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 360-375 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zeina Daouk ◽  
Rima Bahous ◽  
Nahla Nola Bacha
Keyword(s):  
Active Learning ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Teaching Effectiveness ◽  
Learning Context ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Tertiary Institution ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Lecture Method ◽  
Active Learning Strategies ◽  
Teaching Learning

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to determine students’ and instructors’ perceptions regarding the effectiveness of implementing active learning strategies in higher education courses conducted at a tertiary institution in Lebanon. Design/methodology/approach – Pre-service education students completed a questionnaire, professors were interviewed, and class sessions were observed. Findings – Main findings indicate that the majority of the learners as well as the instructors favoured active learning and are strong proponents of putting into effect this approach in all their courses. These findings indicate the positive perceptions towards active learning strategies and the possible impact that these perceptions have on students’ performance and learning. Research limitations/implications – Three major limitations have influenced the efficiency of this study. The number of participants is rather small. Only 37 education students were involved in this study. Furthermore, an additional limitation is that all the participants were females. Yet, it is worth noting that the majority of the students, who are majoring in education at that particular university, are females. Finally, it is worth mentioning that one of the researchers conducted the non-participant observations which might have influenced the data in one way or another. Practical implications – Implications from the results of the study are far reaching. A major implication is for the programmes to reconsider the organization of the classrooms to have rooms that allows for cooperative and group work. Also, classroom organization should be student centred with the teacher’s place not necessarily at the front of the room but possibly at different places in the room or even sitting with the student for some of the assignments. A second implication is that the classroom is to be viewed as a learning situation where the teacher is a guide, a facilitator in the teaching/learning context which would be blended with the lecture method when needed. A further implication is that teacher professional development is a priority for the agenda of educational institutions to help promote teaching effectiveness of this clearly important active learning. After all, the students are doing the learning and the teachers need to guide them in this process. Originality/value – The main value of this paper is to encourage university faculty members to change their teaching methods in order to engage and motivate learners.

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