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Fostering Metacognitive Skills: A Longitudinal Cohort Study, Paul Welch, Annie Van Homrigh Aug 2019

Fostering Metacognitive Skills: A Longitudinal Cohort Study, Paul Welch, Annie Van Homrigh

2009 - 2019 ACER Research Conferences

Metacognitive awareness, which is part of self regulated learning, includes the domains of knowledge of cognition and regulation of cognition. Students with effective metacognitive skills are more aware of their strengths and weaknesses and strive to further improve their learning skills. This longitudinal cohort study uses the Junior Metacognitive Awareness Inventory (Jr. MAI) to measure student metacognitive awareness across Years 7 to 10 in a north Queensland girls’ Catholic college.


Using Learning Analytics To Measure 21st-Century Skills, Dragan Gašević Aug 2019

Using Learning Analytics To Measure 21st-Century Skills, Dragan Gašević

2009 - 2019 ACER Research Conferences

The unprecedented opportunities to collect data about learning and contexts in which learning occurs has attracted great attention in education. The use of data analytics and machine learning methods have offered much potential to address many relevant questions in education. This talk will focus on the use of learning analytics to measure 21st-century skills in education and outline the types of data commonly used. It will also discuss approaches that are used for analysis and modelling of relevant learning processes and outline the ways in which learning analytics can be used to track learning progression and how the validity of …


Mind Hacks: Using Psychology To Enhance Your Abilities And Succeed In College, Sarah Grison Feb 2019

Mind Hacks: Using Psychology To Enhance Your Abilities And Succeed In College, Sarah Grison

Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning Workshops

This slide presentation aims to help students develop a growth mindset, use psychology life hacks to improve memory and reading skills, and ways to enhance learning during class time and improve test-taking. Concludes with eight steps to succeed in college.


L’Apprentissage Autonome Dans La Didactique Des Langues Étrangères: L’Enseignement À L’Université, Santiago Rosero Ojeda Jan 2019

L’Apprentissage Autonome Dans La Didactique Des Langues Étrangères: L’Enseignement À L’Université, Santiago Rosero Ojeda

Licenciatura en Español y Lenguas Extranjeras

Este artículo de investigación se enmarca en la línea de investigación “Saber educativo, pedagógico y didáctico”, y tuvo como objetivo fundamental interpretar estudios que buscan encontrar/demostrar una relación entre el aprendizaje autodirigido y el aprendizaje de idiomas extranjeros en un entorno universitario. Esta investigación se realizó teniendo en cuenta catorce investigaciones que abordaron la problemática del aprendizaje autónomo en la universidad de manera práctica desde el plano de la investigación experimental. Por un lado, este ejercicio investigativo tuvo cuatro elementos teóricos concretamente: La dimensión afectiva y motivacional, Apoyo y rol del profesor, Estrategias, ritmo y factores de aprendizaje y el …