Application Week #2: Student Approaches to Learning and Studying

http://eric.ed.gov/PDFS/ED308201.pdf

"A contemporary research in student learning that refers to the ways in which students go about learning. A theory of learning is presented that accentuates the interaction between the person and the situation. Research evidence implies a form of meta-cognition called meta-learning, the awareness of students of their own learning processes and their increasing control over them. The concept of meta-learning leads to a model of student learning in which relationships among personal factors, the situational context, approaches to learning, and quality of outcome are mediated by the students' meta-learning capability. Instruments have been designed to measure the extent to which students endorse common approaches to learning tasks. The research that resulted in the formulation of the theory of student learning is described, as are the sampling, instruments, and methods of the basic studies that determined the reliability and validity of the two instruments."  (Biggs John B.)


I believe this article will benefit instructional designers because it provides different approaches and instruments that can be utilized in assisting us to develop courses or mdoules, lessons or simply providing students with information on how best to learn.  


Reference:  Briggs, John B., Students Approaches to Learning and Studying; Australian Council for Educational Research Ltd., Radford House, Frederick St., Hawthorn 3122, Australia pages: 153