How Students Can Improve by Studying Themselves

How Students Can Improve by Studying Themselves. Glenn, D., Feruary 12, 2010, Chronicle of Higher Education, Vol. 56, No. 22.

This article sparked my interested because we study student learning and how that is achieved.
The premise of this article is based on students freshman students failing an introductory math course at City University in New York's mathematics entrance test. If students want to attend, they must pass this course.

Several instructors at the New York City College of Technology believe they have found an effective way for students to succeed with "self regulated learning." This type of learning includes a series of steps which encourage the student to evaluate how they study and identify areas where they go wrong.

The author explains the whole learning model and how it was developed throughout the article. The points that stuck with me are when the author states, "If you just talk about study habits, students resist that naturally... Once the course content was tied in, there was much less resistance. And I think that's key."

What particularly struck me about this is that we talk about faculty buy-in for assessment and the process of accreditation, however, I believe students are a key component of the process as well. I know faculty have many assessment pieces built into their courses as well as the final evaluation, but this article sparked my thoughts to student buy in and participation in pieces of assessment.

I just found this article very interesting and generated some reflective thinking on my part about how we can move forward, particularly, within our Department and Leadership programs to obtain that crucial student buy-in.