Learning To Be a Better

Learner
What is Learning?
The acquisition of knowledge or skills through experience, study, or by
being taught.

While there are disciplinary differences in what students learn, it is

important to keep in mind that learning content or information
constitutes only one part of learning in university courses.
Regardless of the field of study, students need to have significant
opportunities to develop and practice.
How do We Learn?
• Learning Strategies
• Thinking Process
• Interests
• Emotions / motivations
• Rewards
The idea falls under the concept of metacognintion, commonly defined as
“thinking about thinking”. (Livingston 1997; Papaleontiou-Louca 2003). It is
awareness of the scope and limitations of existing knowledge and skills enables
learners to adopt in approaching task to gain learning experience.

2 Aspects:

Self-appraisal - your personal reflection of your own knowledge and capabilities

Self-management - process you employ to a certain task to learn
Different Variables to Assess Your Own Thinking Process as a Thinker

Personal Variables – Strengths and weakness

Task Variables – What You Know and What You Think
Strategy Variables – strategies/skills you apply in certain tasks
Strategies/ Skills in Learning:

1. Know Your Limits – looks at the limitations of your resources

to comply needed in learning.
2. Modifying Your Approach – change in approaching tasks
comprehending your materials
3. Skimming – data gathering
4. Rehearsing – interpretation of own learning
5. Self-test – testing your comprehension on what you learned

Other Strategies/Skills:

1. Inquiries – asking questions for clarification

2. Finding Mentors – for guidance and
experiences
3. Welcoming Errors – Mistakes makes changes
Tips in Learning

1. Make an Outline
2. Summarize your tasks to clarify them
3. Integrate variation of schedule and learning experience.
(Different Sources, Same topic)
4. Incubate Your Ideas (Brainstorming)
5. Revision, Summarization and Taking down notes.
6. Engage to what you learned (includes application)