Using a Learning Log to Support Students' Learning in Biology Lessons

Autor/inn/en	Stephens, Karen; Winterbottom, Mark
Titel	Using a Learning Log to Support Students' Learning in Biology Lessons
Quelle	In: Journal of Biological Education, 44 (2010) 2, S.72-80 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0021-9266
Schlagwörter	Feedback (Response); Class Activities; Learning Activities; Learning Motivation; Interviews; Teaching Methods; Foreign Countries; Biology; Scientific Concepts; Learning Strategies; Student Journals; Adolescents; Secondary Education; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lernaktivität; Motivation for studies; Lernmotivation; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Ausland; Biologie; Learning methode; Learning techniques; Lernmethode; Lernstrategie; Studentenzeitung; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Sekundarbereich; Großbritannien
Abstract	Learning logs or reflective journals are frequently used in further and higher education to encourage students' reflection on their learning. Such approaches are rare in school. This study employed a learning log over a five-week period, with a class of 14-15 year old students learning about digestion, respiration and breathing at a Suffolk upper school in the UK. The study aimed to establish (1) how the learning log can prompt reflection on the learning benefits of classroom activities and increase cognitive control of learning strategies, and (2) how greater understanding of learning strategies may affects students' motivation to learn. The learning logs themselves formed one source of data. Student reflections on the learning benefits of classroom activities were also assessed through classroom dialogue and semi-structured interviews. Motivation was assessed at the start and at the end of the teaching sequence, using a questionnaire. The learning log did stimulate student reflection, but did not prompt the level of learning strategy awareness that emerged in the semi-structured interviews. Suggestions are made (1) for modifications to the learning log, and (2) for how the learning log can provide a mechanism for continuous student feedback on teaching and learning activities. (Contains 2 figures and 6 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10