Can students be helped to learn how to learn? An evaluation of an Approaches to Learning programme for first year degree students.

Autor/inn/en	Norton, Linda S.; Crowley, Catherine M.
Titel	Can students be helped to learn how to learn? An evaluation of an Approaches to Learning programme for first year degree students.
Quelle	In: Higher education, (1995) 3, S.307-328Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0018-1560
DOI	10.1007/BF01384496
Schlagwörter	Content Analysis; Academic Performance; Student Learning; Significant Benefit; Significant Shift
Abstract	Abstract This study reports on an attempt to improve the quality of student learning by integrating an Approaches to Learning programme, consisting of 8 workshops, into the first year Psychology curriculum. Written accounts of students' conceptions of learning were collected at the beginning and end of the programme. Content analysis showed that there was a significant shift from naive to more sophisticated conceptions (29% to 60%) in students who had attended more than half the workshops, by the end of the programme. The programme also showed several significant benefits on students' academic performance. Students who attended all the workshops on essay writing and examination taking, obtained higher essay and examination marks than students who did not attend these workshops. However, when we looked at the effects on academic performance of taking a deep approach and holding a more sophisticated conception of learning, the findings were not so clear cut. Depending on the measure used, there was conflicting evidence about whether examination performance or essay performance benefitted the most. The implications of these results are discussed with particular reference to the role of assessment, in enhancing the quality of student learning.
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Update	2023/2/05