How and Why Do Students Use Learning Strategies? A Mixed Methods Study on Learning Strategies and Desirable Difficulties With Effective Strategy Users

How and Why Do Students Use Learning Strategies? A Mixed Methods Study on Learning Strategies and Desirable Difficulties With Effective Strategy Users

In order to ensure long-term retention of information students must move from relying on surface-level approaches that are seemingly effective in the short-term to “building in” so called “desirable difficulties,” with the aim of achieving understanding and long-term retention of the subject matter....

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Main Authors: Sanne F. E. Rovers, Renée E. Stalmeijer, Jeroen J. G. van Merriënboer, Hans H. C. M. Savelberg, Anique B. H. de Bruin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
problem–based learning
desirable difficulties
self-regulated learning
learning strategies
mixed methods &lt
research methodology
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02501/full

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