Toward the latter part of the 20th century , a view of learners as active agents in their own learning and motivation had asserted itself. This viewpoint emphasized particular processes learners acquire to take charge of their learning. They set performance goals for themselves, believe they can achieve, acquire the strategies that help them achieve, are aware of their accomplishments as they gradually acquire or fail to acquire expertise, adapt their learning strategies as they encounter difficulties, and persist.
I thought it was relevant to a blogger conversation I was having earlier on someone else’s blog about education vs. learning…etc.
By: Jessica In: Uncategorized
23 Aug 2007From my Educational Assessment Text:
Toward the latter part of the 20th century , a view of learners as active agents in their own learning and motivation had asserted itself. This viewpoint emphasized particular processes learners acquire to take charge of their learning. They set performance goals for themselves, believe they can achieve, acquire the strategies that help them achieve, are aware of their accomplishments as they gradually acquire or fail to acquire expertise, adapt their learning strategies as they encounter difficulties, and persist.
I thought it was relevant to a blogger conversation I was having earlier on someone else’s blog about education vs. learning…etc.
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