Suitable activities for independent learning
Suitable activities for independent learning
Working independently helps students develop a series of skills and strategies that will continue to be useful in their future professional careers. Teachers in Higher Education (HE) have a role in facilitating Independent Learning (IL) for their students. When creating opportunities for students to develop autonomy in learning, teachers may wish to provide learners with the appropriate resources by offering adequate bibliographies, finding and adapting existing resources to their needs, or even creating their own materials. Learning materials that teachers make available for their students’ IL should meet the learning outcomes of the course, both in terms of the content they present and the skills to which they contribute. Teachers will, thus, be helping students use resources that enhance targeted learning while working independently, as well as developing the higher order skills expected at university level. In this article, we report on our research study that focuses on the benefits of using scaffolding strategies for students’ IL materials. Such strategies overcome some of the problems usually linked to conventional resources designed for IL, namely loss of students’ confidence in themselves and lack of room for creativity.
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León, Carmen Martín de
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Hermoso, Cristina García
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20 April 2020
León, Carmen Martín de
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Hermoso, Cristina García
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León, Carmen Martín de and Hermoso, Cristina García
(2020)
Suitable activities for independent learning.
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Plutino, Alessia, Brothwick, Kate and Corradini, Erika
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Innovative language teaching and learning at university : Treasuring languages.
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Working independently helps students develop a series of skills and strategies that will continue to be useful in their future professional careers. Teachers in Higher Education (HE) have a role in facilitating Independent Learning (IL) for their students. When creating opportunities for students to develop autonomy in learning, teachers may wish to provide learners with the appropriate resources by offering adequate bibliographies, finding and adapting existing resources to their needs, or even creating their own materials. Learning materials that teachers make available for their students’ IL should meet the learning outcomes of the course, both in terms of the content they present and the skills to which they contribute. Teachers will, thus, be helping students use resources that enhance targeted learning while working independently, as well as developing the higher order skills expected at university level. In this article, we report on our research study that focuses on the benefits of using scaffolding strategies for students’ IL materials. Such strategies overcome some of the problems usually linked to conventional resources designed for IL, namely loss of students’ confidence in themselves and lack of room for creativity.
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Published date: 20 April 2020
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© 2020 Carmen Martín de León and Cristina García Hermoso.
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