Before trying to alter or improve the way you study and learn, it is useful to understand how you go about your learning. This section includes tools for assessing your learning style, your approach to studying and your expectations around studying.
Approaches to Learning
Extensive research in student learning in higher education reveals that students approach their studying and learning in two basic ways:
Surface Approach
Characterised by an intention to reproduce parts of the content
Passive dependence, accepting ideas and information without assessing them
Focus on rote learning and assessment requirements
No reflection on the purpose or strategies for learning
Memorising facts and procedures routinely; no recognition of guiding principles or patterns
A Deep Approach
Characterised by an intention to understand
Actively engage with material to make it meaningful
Relating ideas to previous knowledge and experience; using organising ideas to integrate ideas
Critically assess information
How do I learn Best?
Individuals tend to have a preferred learning style, or way in which they like to work with information and ideas. For example, some students like information to be presentede in a visual fashion whicle others prefer to hear it. The Vark Inventory will give you an indication of your preferred learning style with suggestions for enhancing the way you work with content.
Complete the questionnaire to see what your preferred learning style is:
Approaches to Learning
Extensive research in student learning in higher education reveals that students approach their studying and learning in two basic ways:
Surface Approach
Characterised by an intention to reproduce parts of the content
Passive dependence, accepting ideas and information without assessing them
Focus on rote learning and assessment requirements
No reflection on the purpose or strategies for learning
Memorising facts and procedures routinely; no recognition of guiding principles or patterns
A Deep Approach
Characterised by an intention to understand
Actively engage with material to make it meaningful
Relating ideas to previous knowledge and experience; using organising ideas to integrate ideas
Critically assess information
How do I learn Best?
Individuals tend to have a preferred learning style, or way in which they like to work with information and ideas. For example, some students like information to be presentede in a visual fashion whicle others prefer to hear it. The Vark Inventory will give you an indication of your preferred learning style with suggestions for enhancing the way you work with content.
Complete the questionnaire to see what your preferred learning style is:
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