Learning Approaches in Higher Education
Keywords:
higher education, learning approaches, metacognitiv regulation, diagnose researchAbstract
The analysis of some of the learning approaches
in higher education started from N. Entwistle' conception
(1988) which says the development of the conception
regarding students' learning (from memorising to
transforming) and intellectual development (from dualism
to relativism) are factors that influence the option for a
certain approach to learning and they are based on the
argument that a learner doesn't approach leaning in just
one way. Other research emphasise the role of the
educational environment as the third factor of influence
regarding the approaches to learning. This involves the
nature of the working task, the circumstances in which
performance will take place, providing the data concerning
the task etc. (Bigss, J., 1987).
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