Özyeğin University, Çekmeköy Campus Nişantepe District, Orman Street, 34794 Çekmeköy - İSTANBUL

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SEC 250 Learning to Learn

SEC 250 Learning to Learn

Course Description:

This project-based course provides students an authentic learning experience informed by the current knowledge about how we learn. Specifically, students become knowledgeable about the motivational, cognitive, and neurobiological processes that underlie learning and follow the basic principles of self-regulated learning for university students to reach their self-selected learning goals. An inquiry approach is adopted through the assignments giving students an opportunity to reflect on their specific learning needs for mastering something new while engaging with various mental tools. Open to any student who wants to infuse their university experience with activities and projects that develop their potential.  

Learning Outcomes: 

  • Evaluate the principles of self-regulated learning by applying them to own experience. 
  • Evaluate goal setting, motivation, and resource management strategies required for successful learning in terms of their implications for their own experience. 
  • Evaluate the principles of human information processing, the strategies for improving attention, memory, cognition, and metacognition in terms of their implications for their own experience. 
  • Pursue a self-selected learning plan by applying the theoretical knowledge and the strategies covered in class. 
  • Evaluate active listening, note-taking, reading, writing, and test-taking strategies required for success in college classes in terms of their implications for their own experience. 
  • Evaluate the principles of critical thinking and problem-solving in terms of their implications for their own learning experience.
  • Create a personal narrative evaluating own progress as a self-regulated learner laying the foundation for future learning.