This study is intended to understand the fact about the learning activities of Sangmyung Women's University students, and provide teaching staff with information on how we can encourage their learning efficiency.
For this study, questionaires were re...
This study is intended to understand the fact about the learning activities of Sangmyung Women's University students, and provide teaching staff with information on how we can encourage their learning efficiency.
For this study, questionaires were responded from 905 students and the result was analyzed according to their faculty and classes. The inter-relationship between some questionaire items was also considered.
The result of the study is as follows:
1. A majority of students showed good predisposition to learn. Many students had explicit objectives for their major courses, whereas not in the case of their courses in liberal arts. Students from Faculty of Arts & Physical Education are generally well aware of the objectives they should achieve for their major courses.
2. Students spent an average of 1.66 hours a day on their individual study out of class. The less time they spent studying, the less predisposition to learn in the subjects and the lower recognition of their learning objectives.
3. Most of students used library for homework and preparation for their exams. Compared with those from other colleges, fewer students use library for review and preparation for their classes and employment.
4. Those who have explicit objectives and good learning motivation for their study are somewhat more satisfied with their college life. Seventy percent of students tend to be satisfied with their college life.
5. Thirty percent of students intended to continue graduate level of study after graduation, while 60% want to find a job. In detail, about 70% of students from Faculty of Education and Humanities & Social Sciences, want to find a job, and about 50% of Faculty of Arts & Physical Education students want to continue their graduate level of study.
6. The major factors in improving the predisposition to learn is the contents of subject matter and the teaching method. Students from Faculty of Education and from the Faculty of Natural Sciences are more active in their study when the contents are interesting enough.
7. One fourth of the students think that the lecture method is more useful for enhancing their learning efficiency. Most of them do not study more than an hour a day, and they scarcely manage to preview or review for their classes.
8. One sixth of the students want their classes to be carried on by means of their own reporting or oral presentation, and one tenth prefer the question and answer method. These students belong to those who spend somewhat more time on their out of class study. The former method is preferred by students from Faculty of Education and the latter is preferred by those from Faculty of Natural Sciences.
Based on this investigation, a pertinent teaching method can be devised and suggested as follows:
1. Students should be induced to establish their learning objectives explicitly, because many students study ignorantly subjects of courses in liberal arts.
2. Professors should have the students in the class take interest in the subject matter and recognize that the subject matter is beneficial to themselves for their academic achievement.
3. It is efficient to use a lecture method for the students who have not prepared for their classes and reviewed, or have reviewed only, and to use a report writing or oral presentation method, and a seminar method for those who have prepared more earnestly.