Creating Self-Regulated Learners

Strategies to Strengthen Students' Self-Awareness and Learning Skills

Linda B. Nilson

• Publisher: Stylus Publishing
• Year: 2013
• eBook ISBN: 9781579228699
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Higher Education

Most of our students neither know how learning works nor what they have to do to ensure it, to the detriment both of their studies and their development as lifelong learners.The point of departure for this book is the literature on self-regulated learning that tells us that deep, lasting, independent learning requires learners to bring into play a range of cognitive skills, affective attitudes, and even physical activities – about which most students are wholly unaware; and that self-regulation, which has little to do with measured intelligence, can be developed by just about anyone and is a fundamental prerequisite of academic success.Linda Nilson provides the theoretical background to student self-regulation, the evidence that it enhances achievement, and the strategies to help students develop it. She presents an array of tested activities and assignments through which students can progressively reflect on, monitor and improve their learning skills; describes how they can be integrated with different course components and on various schedules; and elucidates how to intentionally and seamlessly incorporate them into course design to effectively meet disciplinary and student development objectives. Recognizing that most faculty are unfamiliar with these strategies, she also recommends how to prepare for introducing them into the classroom and adding more as instructors become more confident using them.The book concludes with descriptions of courses from different fields to offer models and ideas for implementation. At a time of so much concern about what our students are learning in college and how well prepared they are for the challenges of tomorrow's economy and society, self-regulated learning provides a reassuring solution, particularly as studies indicate that struggling students benefit the most from practicing it.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Quick Reference to Self-Regulated Learning Assignments and Activities Described in This Book
• Foreword
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• 1. What is Self-Regulated Learning and How Does it Enhance Learning?
• 2. Fostering Self-Regulated Learning From the Start
• 3. Self-Regulated Reading, Watching, and Listening
• 4. Self-Regulated Learning from Live Lectures
• 5. Self-Regulated Learning from Meta-Assignments
• 6. Self-Regulated Learning from Exams and Quizzes
• 7. Frequent or Occasional Self-Regulated Learning Activities
• 8. Fostering Self-Regulated Behaviors
• 9. Closing a Course with Self-Regulated Learning
• 10. To Grade or Not to Grade? or to Grade Another Way?
• 11. Planning to Integrate Self-Regulated Learning Into Course Design
• 12. Models of Integrated Courses and their Impact on Students
• References
• About the Author
• Index