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First Year Student Experience of a Learning Skills Module:

Information to drive Improvements

Author: Darvree Downey PhD PGDHE

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Learning-to-Learn at Third Level Module

Background:

Drivers for change:

Learning skills deficit impacting students throughout their

college years

First Year Retention Issues

Introduced as a module for all the first year students in

ITT in September 2012

Developed by an in-house multidisciplinary team

Based on Irish & international examples of learning skills

modules

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Module Aims:

To help students adapt to a third level educational

environment

To encourage students to become reflective,

independent learners

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How?

Theory & practice of:

•Active learning strategies

•Study skills

•Group work

•Communication skills

•Self-management & Personal Development

• Information Skills

•Academic writing

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Assessment of the Module

100% CA

• Group Project

• In-class writing

skills exam

• Learning Journal –

Reflective entries and

in-class use

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Context of this Study

Finding out if content & delivery were fit-

for-purpose

Why?

To improve delivery in 2013 & beyond

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Students surveyed

First year Science students

Pharmaceutical Science

(Level 7 & 8)

DNA & Forensics

(Level 7 & 8)

Sports Science (Level 7 & 8)

Bio-analysis (Level 6 & 7)

12% mature

students

104 students

out of a possible

group of 150

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Methodology

1. Survey of students (anonymous)

2. Additional information from reflective

journal entries 8

Strongly agree

Strongly disagree

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Student Perception of the need for the module

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Agree

Strongly

26%

Agree to

extent

28%

Neither

35%

Disagree

to an

extent

9%

Disagree

strongly

2%

Statement: “I do not need L2L classes because I already know how

to study”

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Why did over the half the students

surveyed think they did not need

such a module?

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Understanding the Difference between 2nd & 3rd Level

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Statement: “L2L classes helped me understand the difference

between learning at 2nd & 3rd level”

Agree

Strongly

9%

Agree to an

extent

32%

Neither

33%

Disagree to an

extant

17%

Disagree

strongly

9%

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Comments on what was useful

Group Work: 31%

positive comment

7% negative comment

Study Plans & Time

Management:

21% positive

comment

13% negative comment

Reflection: 22%

positive comment

25% negative comment

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Actions:

Changes to Module

Content & Delivery

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Implemented Winter Semester 2013

Contextualisation:

Connection between ability to reflect and

1. Performance in assessments

2. Performance at job interview

In-class exercises on reading skills :

Use of notes from theory modules

Use of discipline-specific articles of interest

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Implemented Winter Semester 2013

Change in timing:

Group project Week 7 instead of Week 4 i.e. once

information sourcing and referencing has been fully

covered

Assessment information covered earlier in term:

GPA calculation exercise

How to structure a lab report

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Is the Learning-to-Learn

module delivering what

students need?

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