How can instructors help students adopt effective learning strategies? In this study, students in a large introductory psychology class completed a “learning how to learn” assignment in which they read one of four randomly assigned empirical articles about the utility of a learning strategy (i.e., distributed practice, rereading, practice testing, or forming mental images) and wrote a paper summarizing, analyzing, and applying the article’s findings. Students relied significantly less on low-utility strategies and significantly more on moderate and high-utility strategies at the end of the semester than at the beginning. Furthermore, students who completed this assignment outperformed their peers in a control semester of the same course, improving by about one-third of a letter grade. Suggestions for effective implementation of a similar assignment are presented.

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通过“学习如何学习”作业改善学生的学习习惯和课程表现

教师如何帮助学生采用有效的学习策略？在这项研究中，一门大型入门心理学课程的学生完成了一项“学习如何学习”的任务，他们阅读了四篇随机分配的关于学习策略效用的实证文章中的一篇（即分布式练习、重读、练习测试或形成心理图像）并撰写了一篇论文，总结、分析和应用了文章的发现。与学期开始相比，学生在学期末对低效用策略的依赖显着减少，而对中等和高效用策略的依赖显着增加。此外，完成这项作业的学生在同一课程的控制学期中的表现优于同龄人，提高了大约三分之一的成绩。