Subject

Name Nim Lecturer (s)

(Assignment 2)
Higher Education Skills
Fitriani 21216251100 Dr. Dra. Jamilah, M.Pd
(Modul 1)

Day/date: Wednesday, 14th September 2022

Questions:

After you read the module, answer the questions:

1. What are the differences between the approaches of learning at high schools and at university?

2. What are the learning activities at university mentioned in the text?

3. What do students do in those activities?

4. What are the differences between what you find in the text and what you knew so far?

5. What is meant by independent learning?

6. What are the characteristics of independent learners?

7. Are you an independent learner? Explain your answer?

Answer:

1. The differences between the approaches of learning at high schools and at university have
several differences as bellow:

a. At school, students are more passive while teachers are more active. It means that the
students as a receivers of knowledge and the teachers as a provider knowledge.

b. At university, a lecturer as a facilitator to help or give feedback to the students

because the students sued to be active and provider a lot information.
 To be more specific, the approaches both of them are really different. At school, the
students in real a time and day and at university the students is really freedom in
studying.

2. There are six approaches of learning and teaching at University as bellow:

a. Lectures

b. Seminars

c. Group and team activities

d. Tutorials

e. On-line activities

f. Independent research

3. The students’ activity in the approaches are related to the individual and peers-group.
They will make a small or big group to discuss of something. Also, they given by lecturer
to solve a problem. First, in lecturer we are in a group of students listening to a member
or tutor giving an information. Second, in seminar we are in a big circle, the focus on a
particular issue to be discussed which given by a speaker. Third, Tutorial usually in small
circle. The focus of these meetings may be specific academic issues, for example,
feedback on an assignment, or they may be about more general matters such as module
choices, or a study tour. Four, Online activity usually provided by university to access a
range of computer-based learning packages, for example in statistics, and these are
available on the University computer system. Last, independent research University
studies involve independent study which is when you research and evaluate information
from a wide range of sources.

4. The differences between what I find in the text and what I knew so far are for the whole
of text in the chapter, I think it same as what I felt started from to study and now it also
same as before. We did the activities based on the rules of lecturer, we did the
 assignment, we make a paper and also become a presenter if we join the seminar part. I
think, there was no a significance differences what I read from the chapter.

5. Independent learning is a process of studying of someone individually with the target

needs and based on the specific task.

6. There are some characteristics for independent learning as bellow:

a. Independent learners have an intellectual curiosity bolstered by a wide range of extra-

curricular activities.

b. Independent learners have a well-developed capacity for intrinsic questioning as opposed

to extrinsic questioning.
c. Independent learners are empowered, unstressed, and in control.

7. Yes.

Yes, for me to be independent learner depends on the situation and condition maam,

I’am introvert person,

Actually, I really love to learn independently because for me it’s really gave a freedom
to become more enjoy with something that we solve especially for subject which given
by an educator. From that, if it is there was a something that make me unclear, I will ask
further more to the teacher or lecturer. Also, sometimes I will do the clarification more to
ask my peer-group in giving that information. Overall, become an independent learner I
can manage my timeline and it’s depends someone.