Teaching students how to learn

Teaching students how to learn

تعداد صفحه : 2Teaching students how to learn   BY BRIDGET MURRAY Monitor staff Its no secret that students learn best when they self-regulate–set their own academic goals, develop strategies to meet them and reflect on their academic performance. High-achieving students know what needs to be learned and how to learn it, educational psychology studies increasingly show. But while making those kinds of self-assessments may sound simple–and something most college students could do–many psychology professors find their students arent self-aware enough to conduct them. Some faculty believe they can help students develop these strategies through their teaching. Others, however, dont think its their place to do so, pointing to the load of content they already must teach in one…