Study Skills at a Distance—ten years on |
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| Authors: | Sam Rouse Roger Lewis |
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| Institution: | Sam Rouse has worked for the Open University and the National Extension College and introduced and devised study skills approaches in the schools he headed. He is currently still tutoring, writing and researching for the National Extension College, 18 Brook lands Avenue, Cambridge CB2 2HN. Roger Lewis, who has worked for the Open University and for the Council for Educational Technology, is currently Deputy Director of the National Extension College. |
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| Abstract: | How to Study Effectively was probably the first distance learning course in the UK to help students to acquire learning skills. It has consistently attracted large numbers of students. Sam Rouse has tutored the course for the whole of its life and this paper reports the result of an evaluation he recently carried out. Samples of three student groups, all enrolled in 1972, were asked for their views on the course after a ten year gap. A group of'normal'enrollers is compared with two more special groups, one of TUC sponsored students and one of intending ordinands in the Church of England. Why did they enrol? How many assignments did they complete? What did they think of the course? What differences if any has it made to their lives? The paper concludes with three case studies of students, one from each group. The full report, And Having Studied Effectively , is published by the National Extension College. |
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