‘Your thrust is to understand’ - how academically successful students learn

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dc.contributor.authorMcMillan, Wendy
dc.date.accessioned2014-02-09T19:55:22Z
dc.date.available2014-02-09T19:55:22Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.description.abstractThe article sets out to understand how academically successful students learn. Self-regulated learning theory is used as a lens to explicate the learning strategies adopted by a cohort of academically successful dentistry students. Data was collected from self-report interviews, observations of individual student’s learning in a quasi-realistic context, and post-observation interviews. Discussion focuses on the cognitive and metacognitive strategies adopted by these students, and highlights the way in which positive motivation supported their use of these strategies, especially when learning was challenging. The paper concludes by drawing on these findings to argue for appropriate ways to support effective learning for all students.en_US
dc.description.accreditationWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.identifier.citationMcMillan, W. (2010). ‘Your thrust is to understand’ - how academically successful students learn. Teaching in Higher Education, 15(1):1-15en_US
dc.identifier.issn1356-2517
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/997
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterfalse
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis (Routledge)en_US
dc.rightsThis is the author's post print version of an article published by Taylor & Francis.
dc.source.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13562510903488105
dc.status.ispeerreviewedtrue
dc.subjectAcademically successful studentsen_US
dc.subjectLearning theoryen_US
dc.subjectDentistry studentsen_US
dc.subjectAcademic performance
dc.title‘Your thrust is to understand’ - how academically successful students learnen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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