Helping students to become more effective learners

It is useful to help the learner to identify how they approach any learning task. This can be achieved by asking learners to consider several focussed questions.

Understanding the process of learning can help the learner to identify what they are doing to enable effective learning but, more importantly, to identify what they are not doing! This insight provides an opportunity for the learner to change their approach to learning.

The example below considers a tutorial but will also be applicable to a lecture or a reading assignment.