Chen et al., 2017: Reflecting on, and planning to use learning resources improved performance in statistics among undergraduate students
Reference:
Chen, P., Chavez, O., Ong, D. C., & Gunderson, B. (2017). Strategic resource use for learning: A self-administered intervention that guides self-reflection on effective resource use enhances academic performance. Psychological science, 28(6), 774-785.
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Encouraging undergraduates to reflect on what learning resources would help them learn best—identifying specific resources, writing about why each resource they chose would be helpful, and creating a specific plan to use that resource—improved performance in an introductory statistics class by one-third of a letter grade. The effect was mediated by greater reflection students reported on their learning progress, which, in turn, predicted greater reported effectiveness of learning resources.
Psychological Process:
What Desired Meaning is At Stake?
What is the Person Trying to Understand?
Selves (My Own and Others')Psychological Question Addressed
How will I accomplish my goals?Psychological Process 2:
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Social Area:
Education
Intervention Technique:
Active reflection, on goals