Further studies in self-directed learning in physics at the University of Limerick, Ireland
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2004Author
McCauley, Veronica
McClelland, George
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McCauley, V., & McClelland, G. (2004). Further studies in self-directed learning in physics at the University of Limerick, Ireland. International Journal of Self-directed Learning, 1(2), 26-37.
Abstract
This article reports on two SDL studies of undergraduate physics students and postgraduate science students at the University of Limerick, Ireland. Initial studies (McCauley and McClelland, 2001) indicated that the majority of undergraduate physics students are average and below in their readiness to self-direct their learning. Our further investigations lend credence and further support these findings. Results also indicate that small interventions of the nature
described here are not successful in evoking large changes, yet they are successful in the
exploration of change. The authors propose that an intervention on a much greater scale is
warranted, throughout not only the full course, but, in time, across all courses, which all play a part in forming students models of learning.