Journal of Education and Psychology

Abstract

Learning to learn is not only a group of study tactics but also meta-cognitive strategies. It deals with both effective (the strategy is learned) and efficient (it is learned to an optimal level with minimal effort of learning). This research is concerned with the development of an effective learning scale to measure the level of learning to learn of Taiwanese’s college students. The scale were constructed based on the cognition and meta-cognition literatures and pre-interview data of college students and teachers. Research results from 1,343 students showed: 1. The scale of Effective learning was good in reliability and validity in assessing the learning strategies of college students. 2. The scale is comprised of six factors: learning attitude, self-check, learning habits, learning attention, learning methods, and resources usage. 3. A stratification selection of male and female college students served as the standardized sample in order to develop the percentile norm in Taiwan. 4. Effective learning scores with semester record showed the positive significant correlation. The results allow the Taiwanese colleges students to provide an easy effective tool for detecting students’ learning to learn strategies.

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