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What is meant by independent learning?: Essential Study Toolkit

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Here is our guide to independent learning - what it is, how it can help your students and how our resources can aid you in promoting independent learning in the primary classroom.

What is Independent Learning?

Independent learning is a method of studying that requires children to have no support from adults of supervisors.

The ability to independently learn means that students can pursue their own research and recognise which educational material is most valuable to them.

It is an incredibly valuable skill to have, not just in completing school and college curriculums, but in workplaces and beyond.

Benefits of Independent Learning

There are wide-ranging benefits to be gleaned from encouraging independent learning in children from a young age. Some of them include:

Boosting time management and organisational skills.

The ability to work with versatility.

Increasing initiative and creative thinking.

Helping reading and writing proficiency.

How to Encourage Independent Learning in Children

Although independent learning, by its very nature, an individual and student-led task, there are certain steps that teachers or carers can take to help aid the process.

Some ways of promoting independent learning in a primary classroom setting include:

Encourage children to seek information from a variety of sources and mediums - not just text, but visual and audio material as well.

Set clear targets: having a parameter to work around will encourage children to seek out valuable information more efficiently.

Emphasise time management: this will make sure that learning is not prohibited by distractions and wasted time.

Promote reading, not just in learning time but consistently throughout the day.

Pre and post-learning discussions: having these will give you the chance for you to run over with your child all of their knowledge gaps and struggles, as well as the methods they found useful.

How Much Help Should I Give my Independent Learning Child?

When encouraging your students to learn more independently, it can be a tricky balance to work out when you should step in to help, and when you should leave them to figure the problem out for themselves.

In truth, there is no harm in giving children a little helping hand here and there if they have been stuck on an issue for some time.

It is the explanation and reasoning that you give them in solving this problem that will give the stimulus to find the right solutions next time.

Our Resources on Independent Learning

Here at Twinkl, we specialise in having the right resources for every type of learning and subject content.

So whatever the learning space constitutes, use our learning aids for promoting independent learning in your primary classroom and scope each Curriculum as you require.

This Be Independent Display Posters is the perfect tool to help remind and reinforce to your children the importance of honing this skill regularly.

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What is an independent learner?

An independent learner takes responsibility for their own learning. They are self-motivated and accept that frustration in the present is worthwhile to achieve future success. They are curious and they engage in what they're learning.

Independent learners take initiative. They are good problem solvers but they also know when to seek help. Independent learners think about and plan for the future. They are intentional with their study and choose the right methods to fit their course. They manage their time and are dedicated to self-improvement.

Ultimately, an independent learner understands that they are responsible for their own education. They take charge of their life and accept that no one will hound them to put more effort or time into their own achievements.

Shift in responsibility

You may start university and study in the exact same ways as you did at school. If you don't realise the differences between these levels of education, you may fall behind.
At university, there is a shift in responsibility for learning from the teacher to the student.
At school you will be reminded about due dates and you may be granted leniency if you miss them. At university you are given your due dates and expected to stick to them.

In school, your teachers will notice if you're falling behind or if you're making the same mistakes. They will probably step in and try to help you. But at university, your tutors are assigned many more students and they deem your learning your own responsibility. If you want help you need to ask.

The 4 Dangers of University Learning

1. More control over your time

You have to manage your time effectively and know the difference between spare time and time where you should be studying independently. You can fall behind if you spend too much time socialising and relaxing and not enough time studying. But you also need to allow for proper sleep and 'me time' so you don't burnout by studying in every spare moment.

2. More choice about WHEN and WHERE to study

Your productivity will suffer if you study with distractions around you. You need to take responsibility for your own success and work out the times of day and the places where you're the most effective. For most students, a dedicated study space in a distraction-free environment is necessary.

3. More choice about HOW you study

You can't just use the same study methods as your friends and hope for the best. Everyone studies in different ways and each subject or module may suit better techniques. You need to test various study strategies to find what works for you.

4. More responsibility for your own success (and failure)

Everyone has strengths and weaknesses in their learning abilities and study skills. Take responsibility by identifying ways of improving your own study performance. Seek and learn from your tutor feedback otherwise you'll repeat your mistakes instead of improving over time.
Becoming an independent learner will allow you to deal with these dangers and shift in responsibility.
10 things you can do to become an independent learner

1. Study even when you don't want to

Independent learners understand that present frustration is worthwhile to achieve future success. So rather than procrastinating and watching an entire season of House of Cards in one day, they know that starting their essay now will benefit them next month. Or that beginning revision early (when they could be relaxing) will help them later and should get them a higher exam grade.

Procrastination is natural and everyone does it. But independent learners have learned how to control it. I've created two other blog posts to help you: discover 15 ways to overcome procrastinatio﻿﻿n and learn how to study even when you don't feel like it .

2. Believe you can become more intelligent

Fixed mindset is the belief your intelligence is unchangeable. You're either smart or you're not. You're either 'an exam person' or you're not.

On the other hand, independent learners have or are developing a growth mindset - the belief that your level of intelligence can be improved.
They believe that they can become smarter with hard work, perseverance and the right study techniques.
Check out this ﻿﻿pos﻿﻿t to find out how you can develop a growth mindset and achieve higher grades.

3. Don't be afraid to read outside the course material

Sometimes you'll come across a concept in your textbooks YOU.JUST.DON'T.UNDERSTAND.

But this doesn't mean you should skip it and move onto the next chapter. There were times in my study that my textbook just didn't explain a theory well enough for me to understand. So I found the full reference and researched the theory online until I could understand and apply it in my studies.

When you reach a barrier it may seem sensible to just turn back. But an independent learner tries to find another explanation. They dig deeper and look at other sources. Often this fills in the blanks and they're able to understand the idea and continue on their journey.

4. Know when to seek help

An independent learner knows the value in solving problems by themselves. Sometimes looking at a problem differently or taking a break and coming back to it will help you see a glimmer of a solution.

But if you've tried to work out a problem and you're still struggling - ask for help. An independent learner understands that seeking support is a strength not a weakness. So contact your tutor if you're struggling to grasp a concept or you can't work out how to tackle your next essay.

5. Never be surprised by due dates

There is never an excuse for missing a deadline you didn't realise existed. So don't try to remember due dates. Instead, find a way to record every single practice test, essay due date and exam.

Independent learners plan their workload by their due dates. They work backwards from essay deadlines so they know when to start, when to have a first draft, and when to submit. They know when their exam or exam period is so they can plan when to start their revision.

6. Know where to find your notes and documents

At school I definitely didn't have a system for my notes or documents. I remember I used to arrive to my Maths classes with a scrap of paper and I normally had to borrow a pen. Those class notes went in my bag and then just disappeared. When it came to my exams I had next to no revision notes and what I did have was completely disorganised.

Thankfully I've changed!

An independent learner uses simple but effective systems to keep their notes and documents organised, so they always know where to find them. Take time to set up a simple folder structure so you don't lose your documents or waste valuable study time searching for them.

And check out this blog post to learn how to file your notes effectively .

7. Don't fall behind by not spending enough time studying

It can be hard to find a balance between making time for studying, but also having a life. An independent learner knows they need to build studying into an everyday habit.

Look closely at how you're spending your time for a week. Then decide if you're committing enough time to studying. When you've got a big deadline coming up, adjust your schedule to make studying more of a priority.

But if you do fall behind, check out this post for ways to catch up.

8. Be willing to try new study techniques

It can be easy to always take notes or revise in the same way. But an independent learner understands that different subjects and modules may suit different techniques. They regularly re-evaluate what they're doing for effectiveness and aren't afraid to change.

When I started university I took notes by hand. Then I started a new module full of theories and concepts that would repeat throughout the material. So I re-evaluated and decided typed notes might be better so I could search them easily for specific terms. But then a few modules later I realised I wasn't absorbing enough information so I switched back to handwritten notes which improved what I could recall.

Similarly, some exams require you to learn lots of definitions and small pieces of information so flashcards are vital during revision. But other exams have more of a focus on essay-type questions so practicing past papers becomes key.

Don't get stuck in a studying rut with the same methods for your whole degree. Check out these posts for different note taking formats and and this post for info on different revision techniques .

9. Be intentional with your study time

Independent learners are deliberate with how they spend their time, whether it's studying or relaxing.

You may spend 2 hours studying but half of it you're reacting to notifications on your phone, having a quick scroll through Facebook or posting on Instagram. An independent learner would instead spend 1 hour studying with intention and then spend 1 hour relaxing guilt-free.

If you make every study session productive and distraction-free, you will have more time for what you actually want to do. So check out t﻿﻿his po﻿﻿st to make every session productive, making the most of your precious (and often scarce) study time.

10. Seek and act on feedback

Your university tutor's aim is to get you through their course with a good grade. They should be giving you feedback on your assignments and test quizzes. I studied with the Open University where the comments were always quite detailed.

If this isn't the case for your university - ask for feedback instead. This demonstrates you are motivated so tutors should be willing to help.

Then, you need to make sure you do something with this feedback otherwise it's pointless. Independent learners understand they must act on their feedback if they want to improve their grades (and make sure they don't repeat the same mistakes).
I've created a mini guide and feedback tracker template you can use to make sure you're always making progress towards your study goals. Grab it by signing up to my resource library where you'll get alllll my best resources to help you save time each week, improve your study skills and achieve the grades you've always wanted.

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Last night’s UK Ed Chat was on the topic of Independent Learning. It was fast and furious and left me buzzing so I thought I’d share a few thoughts about the role of the teacher in independent learning. I’d love your feedback – please take the time to comment.

Independent Learning defined

There are more definitions of independent learning than I’ve had hot dinners, but one rather neat one that I’ve come across is this:

“Independent learning is a process, a method and a philosophy of education whereby a learner acquires knowledge by his or her own efforts and develops the ability for enquiry and critical evaluation”

Essentially in promoting independent learning we are encouraging and enabling our students to become self-directed in their learning experiences and to have more autonomy and control over their learning.

What this means in real terms:

In practice, most learning involves independent elements such as:

Finding and collecting information

Making decisions about what to study and when

Carrying out investigations or projects

Learners learning at their own pace using ICT or VLEs

Completing homework, extension work or coursework assignments

However, even within these independent elements there is a great deal of range over the degree of true independence a learner has. For example, we might imagine that homework would always represent independent learning – which it does to a degree – but think of the difference in learner experience and autonomy between completing a fairly tightly pre-defined worksheet compared after each lesson compared to completing a much more loosely defined, longer term project on a topic related to the lessons but not entirely driven by the classroom learning.

Essentially true independent learning unshackles the learner from being tied down to very specific learning experiences and will allow them to direct themselves a lot more in determining exactly what they will learn about and how.

Surely the teacher is redundant?

A drive for independent learning within and beyond the classroom certainly means a change in role from the teacher. With more emphasis on learners taking responsibility for their learning the teachers’ role becomes one of leader rather than controller of learning.

Instead of an ‘imparter of knowledge’ the teacher becomes a ‘facilitator of learning’

The role of the teacher is far from redundant. In fact, arguably, it is more important than ever.  Old style ‘chalk and talk’ learning can realistically be completed by anyone brave enough to stand up in front of a class and with enough knowledge / memory or preparation to be able to impart the appropriate amount of information. At it’s worse, directed learning of this type is entirely pre-prepared, there is very little deviation and the teacher’s job is really just one of imparting information – and controlling the crowd!

Conversely, in an independent learning environment, the teacher’s role is a lot more complex. They need to have a far greater level of or access to skills and knowledge in order to respond to the inevitably far broader curriculum covered by pupils with diverse strengths and interests. They also need to be infinitely flexible in order to help facilitate a wide range of learning opportunities. Most importantly they need to hone the very difficult skill of teaching learners to learn – this is a lot harder than simply teaching facts and figures – but it is also infinitely more valuable to learners.

Teacher as facilitator, mentor, coach and guide:

Teachers are able to help learning in a myriad of ways and these will vary with every lesson and every student, but some key ways that teachers can act as facilitator, mentor, coach and guide are by:

Providing learners with resource materials

Whetting learners appetites to learn

Providing learners with opportunities to test out their learning

Giving learners feedback on their progress and

Helping learners to make sense of what they have learned

What’s so great about Independent Learning anyway?

Directed learning, or teaching to the test usually results in pupils passing the exams and jumping through the hoops that the educational system requires of them. But it doesn’t prepare them at all for life beyond the classroom – and in most cases it squeezes out any passion, enjoyment or spark they might have had for learning in the first place.

Independent learners have abilities that will stand them in good stead both during and beyond their education such as their ability to:

Acquire and deploy information

Communicate effectively using different media

Organise themselves

Problem solve and

Relate to others

How to promote Independent Learning:

One of the most important roles of the teacher is to promote independent learning. There are a number of practices you can build into your teaching to encourage independent learning during every lesson. These include:

Giving pupils choices so they can reflect on their own interests and preferences

Encouraging group work so that learners can learn from each other

Collaborate with pupils to set shared learning goals

Involve pupils in lesson planning

Encourage pupils to reflect and plan in learner diaries

Encourage self and peer editing before work is handed in

Independent Learning needs teachers too!

So in short, the teacher doesn’t become redundant once independent learning becomes firmly embedded. In fact, quite the contrary is true. The teacher’s role becomes more important than ever.  It does, however, change beyond all recognition.

What do you think?

I’d love to hear your feedback.  Do you think we should be promoting independent learning and why? How has your role changed as a result of a drive for more independent learning? What has worked particularly well for you in terms of encouraging independent learning?

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Here is our guide to independent learning - what it is, how it can help your students and how our resources can aid you in promoting independent learning in the primary classroom.

What is Independent Learning?

Independent learning is a method of studying that requires children to have no support from adults of supervisors.

The ability to independently learn means that students can pursue their own research and recognise which educational material is most valuable to them.

It is an incredibly valuable skill to have, not just in completing school and college curriculums, but in workplaces and beyond.

Benefits of Independent Learning

There are wide-ranging benefits to be gleaned from encouraging independent learning in children from a young age. Some of them include:

Boosting time management and organisational skills.

The ability to work with versatility.

Increasing initiative and creative thinking.

Helping reading and writing proficiency.

How to Encourage Independent Learning in Children

Although independent learning, by its very nature, an individual and student-led task, there are certain steps that teachers or carers can take to help aid the process.

Some ways of promoting independent learning in a primary classroom setting include:

Encourage children to seek information from a variety of sources and mediums - not just text, but visual and audio material as well.

Set clear targets: having a parameter to work around will encourage children to seek out valuable information more efficiently.

Emphasise time management: this will make sure that learning is not prohibited by distractions and wasted time.

Promote reading, not just in learning time but consistently throughout the day.

Pre and post-learning discussions: having these will give you the chance for you to run over with your child all of their knowledge gaps and struggles, as well as the methods they found useful.

How Much Help Should I Give my Independent Learning Child?

When encouraging your students to learn more independently, it can be a tricky balance to work out when you should step in to help, and when you should leave them to figure the problem out for themselves.

In truth, there is no harm in giving children a little helping hand here and there if they have been stuck on an issue for some time.

It is the explanation and reasoning that you give them in solving this problem that will give the stimulus to find the right solutions next time.

Our Resources on Independent Learning

Here at Twinkl, we specialise in having the right resources for every type of learning and subject content.

So whatever the learning space constitutes, use our learning aids for promoting independent learning in your primary classroom and scope each Curriculum as you require.

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2.1. Independent study: benefits, challenges, risks

Independent study is the most common and possibly most challenging feature of university study. Apart from timetabled elements such as lectures, almost all courses expext students to work on their own for the rest of the week.

Types of independent study

Independent study is a feature of all university programmes. The amount and the kind varies from one programme to another.

Degrees by independent study
In some cases, programmes are negotiated on an individual basis. These are usually called 'degrees by independent study'. For these, students design their own programmes and study schedules, working mainly from resources.

Supervision is offered at intervals, but there are very few taught sessions. These degreees may be multi-disciplinary, crossing over typical subject boundaries, and they are often work-based.

Individually designated degrees are subject to approval or 'validation' by the university, to ensure that the degree is of the same standart and quality as other degrews. Usually, a learning contract of some kind is approved and updated on an agreed basis.

Independent study within a degree programme
In most programmes, índependent study' means working on your own between taught sessions. Early on you are given more guidance, though probably still less than you received at school or college. As youmove through the programme, you are ususally given more choices and greater personal management of the study process. The amount of independent study increases until you write your dissertation, which you do almostcompletely by independent study.

Levels of independence
Different levels of independence are involved for each programme and for each year. Factors include how far you:

- can design your own degree and degree title;

- study from resources rahter than taught sessions;

- have choice over modules or options

- decide the pace of study

- are expected to study on your own each wee

- are expected to attend taught sessions;

- can choose where and when you study;

- can choose your assignment titles;

- can choose how you will be assessed.

Independent learning can be all the things you would like it to be! University learning allows you a great deal of freedom to shape your learning experience to suit yourself. The better your study skills, the easier you will find managing that freedom so that you can enjoy yourself while undertaking independent study successfully. It is upto you to manage that process well.

A different approach to learning and teaching
In higher education, it is expected that you have sufficient maturity to work on your own for longer periods, without a tutor in the room to guide you. You are given a great deal more responsiblity for your own success than is typical of schools or colleges. This can feel as if your study lacks structure. However, it can also feel very liberating - you have more freedom to study in ways that suit you. To take advantage of this, you need a deeper understanding of your own learning, so taht you can study effectively.

Making choices
It is your responsiblity to make sensible choices of options within your programme, as well as to plan extracurricular activity. Your choices will affect your programme and your future career. This can feel exciting to be more in charge of your own life. The literature you are sent usually tells you clearly how to go about making choices and finding help. Guidence will be available, but it is usually up to you to find out where and when this guidance is delivered - and to read the materials you are sent.

Finding resources and support
You will recieve recommendations for books, equipment and sources of support. Usually these will be given in a handbook or similar literature. These recommendations, however, are only part of what you need to know. You will need to find out for yourself what additonal reading is needed, what resources are available, what support is available, and when to use each of these.

At school or college you may have recieved a great deal of guidance on what pages to read in books, how to interpret assignment titles, how to interpret what you read, what informatino to include in an assignment, and how to structure your answers. At university you will be expected to workout most of this on your own. You will need to set aside time to think through these sorts of issues.

Time management

You wwill spend only a small amount of your time in timetabled activity. You will be responsible for organising your time around taught sessions and meeting assignment deadlines. This may seem hard at first - especially as excuses for missed deadlines are seldom acceptable.if you miss a deadline, you may have to retake part or all of your programme. Good time management skills are therefore essential.

Keeping going
When you working your own, it is imporant to stay focused and to maintain your motivation. It is quite natural for motivation to change over time. There is no need to worry about this, but it is good to give it some advance thought and planning. Most people find that it is useful to have the support of other people in maintaing their motivation.

Benefits of independent learning:
- More control over your study time;

- More control over your spare time;

- More choice about when and where to study;

- More choice about how you study;

- More responsibility for your own successes;

- More choice about how much energy you devote to topics that interest you;

- There isn't a teacher looking over your shoulder all the time;

- More control over subject choices.

Challenges of independent learning:

- To manage time effectively;

- To meet deadlines;

- To use spare time effectively in building your personal profile.

- To recognise the difference between spare time and independent study time.

- To put time aside to relax, rest and enjoy yourself.

- To create structures for your day.

- To organise a place to study;

- To work out the best places and times for you for different kinds of study activity.

- To identify your learning style for different types of tasks.

- To take responsibility for your learning and achieving your goals.

- To identify barriers to your learning and to address these.

- To identify ways of improving your own performance;

- To make effective use of feedback and to learn from mistakes;

- To find the right balance between a broad set of interests at a superficial level and too much deepth in a narrow range of topics;

- To broaden your range of interests;

- To keep on target with little guidance;

- To keep yourself motivated;

- To take responsibility for pursuing solutions to problems on your own;

- To recognise when you need help and to ask for it;

- To create a coherent programme that interests you and meets your goals.

Risks in independent learning:

- Losing a sense of time. Wasting time. Underestimating how long study tasks take. Forgetting things that must be done. Missing essential deadlines.

- Using all your spare time for study. Mistaking time not spent in taught sessions as 'spare time'. Missing opportunities to develop a wider personal profile that will benefit you later when applying for jobs.

- Not getting down to study. Not creating a place that allows you to study without interruption;

- Not bothering to explore and develop your learning style. Doing what you enjoy mostrather than what works best for you, if these are different.

- Failure to understand previous barriers to learning. Not adressing weaknessness in your performance. Giving up to easily. Ignoring feedback. Becoming despondent at early failures rather than using these guide improvement.

- Devoting too much time to topics that interest you at the expense of those needed to complete the programme. Becoming specialised in too narrow a range of topics.

- Letting things slip. Falling behind in your work. Losing motivation. Losing a sense of what you are supposed to do, and not asking for help. Not finding out what help is available, or not using it. Running for help too soon instead of trying to solve the problem yourself.

- Choosing subjects that do not fit together well, or that do not fit together well, or that do not contribute towards career interests.

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2.1. Independent study: benefits, challenges, risks Independent study is the most common and possibly most challenging feature of university study. Apart from timetabled elements such as lectures, almost all courses expext students to work on their own for the rest of the week. Types of independent study Independent study is a feature of all university programmes.

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Encouraging students to be independent learners, not only has huge benefits for them, but it's also a proven high impact, low cost way to improve progress.

The Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) found that self-regulated, independent learning has a high impact on pupils' progress for a very low cost. They learnt that the average impact of self-regulation over 8 months' progress was found to cost under £80 per pupil per year.

What is independent learning?

Put simply, independent learning is when pupils set goals, monitor and evaluate their own academic development, so they can manage their own motivation towards learning.

Why is independent learning important?

Students exploring for themselves is at the very core of learning. Making discoveries from a task the teacher sets that they are genuinely interested in and find challenging, and the feeling they gain from self-direction, is wonderfully rewarding for learners as well as an incredible life tool.

In the report, What is Independent Learning and What are the Benefits for Students? (2008), it was found that the benefits of independent learning for students include:

Improved academic performance

Increased motivation and confidence

Increased chances to be creative and intellectually creative

Fostered social inclusion and countered alienation from peers

Increased opportunities for completing differentiated tasks, set by the teacher

9 tips for encouraging students to become independent learners

1. Provide students with opportunities to self-monitor

Self-monitoring depends on the two processes of establishing goals and receiving feedback from others and from oneself. You can encourage your students to self-monitor by helping them develop their use of self and peer assessment to see whether the strategies they were using were effective for achieving learning goals.

2. Use questioning as scaffolding to independent learning

The aim here is a gradual, step-by-step transfer of responsibility from the teacher to the student. The teacher must develop effective classroom discourse, asking higher order, open-ended questions, responding flexibly to students' responses to promote thinking, problem-solving skills and deeper understanding.

Learn more about effective questioning in this article: How to improve your questioning skills

3. Offer models of behaviour

Encourage your students to model your behaviour. For example, by showing them how categorising information can make it easier to remember.

4. Develop communication that includes language focused on learning

This helps students to become more aware of the steps involved in learning, to understand their own individual learning style and helps them share their thinking.

Enjoy reading these tips? Discover more classroom strategies that can impact your teaching & learning: Click here

5. Provide written and/or oral feedback on classwork and homework

This can be a good way to improve students' confidence in working independently. Limit use of attainment grades and scores and consider giving grades for level of effort.

6. Encourage collaboration

Give your students regular opportunities to complete quality, small group tasks and encourage them to learn from each other and develop their own ideas, rather than always looking to you for answers.

7. Give pupils choices and encourage your students to set their own learning goals

So that they can reflect on their own interests and preferences and take ownership of their learning, this will make your students feel empowered and in control of their own learning.

8. Involve pupils again in lesson planning

Asking your students for their input will help them feel that they have a responsibility for and involvement in their own learning, increasing motivation and helping you better plan your practice.

9. Encourage your pupils to be reflective

Suggesting your students keep a 'learning diary' can enable them to keep track of their learning and monitor their progress. Hopefully their confidence will increase as they look back and become aware of how far they've come throughout the school year.

How video-enabled reflections can help

Supporting the development of independent learners in your classroom can be challenging. According to Professor John Hattie, teachers only see and hear 20% of what is happening in any given lesson, making it difficult for teachers to know exactly what to change and how to better support their students. By video recording your lesson and afterwards reflecting on it, you can effectively recognise the level of student involvement in a lesson, analyse your teaching and identify areas of improvement. Video reflections allow you to plan your practice better, develop independent learners and ultimately improve student outcomes.

Would you like to learn more about video reflections and how they can help improve teaching and learning at your school?

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Developing independent learning skills that improve outcomes

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Get tips for how teachers can encourage students to engage in independent learning, an essential part of the overall learning process.

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"One of the key responsibilities of any good school is to provide the context in which young people learn how to study on their own. "Learning to learn" is a complex process that entails pupils taking responsibility and playing their part within the educational process. You can see the shift in mindset when a boy or girl moves from saying "Here's your homework, Sir" to "Here is my work." After all, schooling is not about teachers teaching great lessons - it is about young people learning and understanding things.

Independent Learning is important because it develops creativity and intellectual curiosity. Independent learning is about pupils being active rather than passive. It is about them working out the answers rather than being told them. It is about them wanting to study because they want to understand more, rather than taking a Utilitarian stance that I am doing this because I want to pass the examination. Independent Learning is not the easy option - it is tough.

Here at Berkhamsted we are committed to fostering Independent learning and, parents, you can help us here - we need your support. But before I say how, let me first explain why.

As a teacher I have a choice. If all I want to do is to get results, I can spoon-feed you. I can give you dozens of model answers and I can get out my big stick and I can make you learn them.

But if I want to educate you, I will encourage and inspire you to explore the subject, to make discoveries and set you tasks that will challenge you. There will be times when you will feel out of your depth, but as you develop new skills and greater resilience, you will begin to understand the subject and to make connections. Alongside this I will teach you the techniques so that you can answer any question that the examiner chooses to throw at you.

The "give a man a fish, you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish you feed him for life" principle is at work here.

This year we have had a focus on independent learning and the teaching staff have been encouraged not to spoon-feed, but to set challenging tasks. It may sound counter-intuitive, but I have encouraged teachers to be less helpful and not to just jump straight in with the answers. For it is only by being less helpful that pupils will have the opportunity to develop the resilience and problem-solving skills that will help them rise to future challenges in life.

And this is where you come in as parents; or more to the point, this is where you shouldn't come in as parents. The response this year of some parents to our shift towards more independent learning has been to complain. "My daughter has been set a prep on a subject she hasn't yet been taught." "My son has dropped from an A grade to B - what is going wrong?" etc.

Here at Berkhamsted we are committed to educating young people - not just cramming them for examinations. A true education is challenging. A true education will involve failure. Getting an A grade all the time is probably a bad sign.

So, parents, bear with us.
Support us.
Encourage your children to stretch themselves.
Encourage your children to take responsibility for their own work.
Encourage your children to take risks.
And, above all, encourage to your children to learn from their mistakes."

Extract from Berkhamsted School Speech Day Address 4th. July 2013

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"One of the key responsibilities of any good school is to provide the context in which young people learn how to study on their own. "Learning to learn" is a complex process that entails pupils taking responsibility and playing their part within the educational process.

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Independent learning is the holy grail of education. It is considered to be the key to effective learning as students transform the way they take in and apply what they are taught. Many students may find this daunting as they are used to relying on teacher help, and the transition can prove difficult. However, with the correct guidance and nurturing, students will learn to take their learning into their own hands and advance on the path to success.

What Exactly is Independent Learning?

An independent learner is one who can take responsibility for their own learning. These are students who can take initiative and make good decisions without needing help from teachers. Developing independent learners is important to help students advance in their academic performance and stay motivated.

When students shift to independent learning, they often have more control over their time. They can decide when and where to spend their time and, with the right nurturing, they will decide on their own to spend it efficiently. Becoming an independent learner comes alongside an increased feeling of responsibility and accountability for personal success and failure. This can be especially motivating as students may feel a strong sense of pride when they see positive progress in their academics.

How You Can Help Your Students
Encourage a sense of purpose
When students care about what they are learning, they are more likely to apply themselves. This sense of purpose can be encouraged in many ways and a great place to start is by simply helping students realise what they will gain. Evidence shows that manipulation of the teaching environment could increase students interest in their learning. When students are told why and how the learning material would be useful to them in achieving their goals, they are more likely to put in more effort during their learning. When it comes to motivation, creating a sense of purpose may be an even better approach than either the carrot vs stick approach.
Encourage collaboration
Giving students the opportunity to work with their peers can be very useful as they can learn from each other and get feedback on their ideas from other students at their learning levels. This will show them to work with other people when necessary, and to not always look to the teacher for answers.

that when students are asked to work together, they engage in more exploratory behaviour and are able to accept positive and negative feedback easier. Although this is not completely independent, it is a good starting point that can urge students to take the initiative to develop their own ideas. The only caveat here is that there will need to be a good degree of guidance to start with, to ensure they aren't getting distracted and/or learning misconceptions from each other - we wrote about the Research suggests pros and cons of group work to help you with this.

When working on a task, it is important for students to continuously reflect and keep track of their learning. This will allow them to pinpoint areas of strength or weakness, and they can use this to monitor their progress without needing feedback from their teacher. Self-monitoring falls under the realm of reflection with students focusing on establishing goals they want to meet and being able to assess themselves as they reach each milestone. The best questions student can ask themselves include "How can I get better?" and "Where do I do my best work?". These psychologically rich questions contribute to enhancing self-reflection.
Encourage goal setting
A good way to keep students on the track to becoming independent learners is by introducing them to effective goal setting . This must include flexibility, both short and long-term goals, and enough challenge to maintain motivation. Goal setting allows students to create targets that they would like to work on independently and achieve in a given time frame. This promotes success as students will feel a stronger sense of enthusiasm towards accomplishing their personal goals as they know the gains will benefit them.

Research has found that when people wrote down their goals, they were 33% more likely to achieve them than those who kept them in their minds. Encourage students to make a to-do list so that their goals feel more concrete.

As a teacher, you hope that one day your students will be able to apply what they have learnt without needing your guidance. Encourage them to self-reflect and set challenging yet realistic goals. Once students reach this stage of independency, they will have developed key skills necessary to succeed in their academics, and beyond.

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Independent learning is the holy grail of education. It is considered to be the key to effective learning as students transform the way they take in and apply what they are taught. Many students may find this daunting as they are used to relying on teacher help, and the transition can prove difficult.

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Encouraging students to be independent learners, not only has huge benefits for them, but it's also a proven high impact, low cost way to improve progress.

The Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) found that self-regulated, independent learning has a high impact on pupils' progress for a very low cost. They learnt that the average impact of self-regulation over 8 months' progress was found to cost under £80 per pupil per year.

What is independent learning?

Put simply, independent learning is when pupils set goals, monitor and evaluate their own academic development, so they can manage their own motivation towards learning.

Why is independent learning important?

Students exploring for themselves is at the very core of learning. Making discoveries from a task the teacher sets that they are genuinely interested in and find challenging, and the feeling they gain from self-direction, is wonderfully rewarding for learners as well as an incredible life tool.

In the report, What is Independent Learning and What are the Benefits for Students? (2008), it was found that the benefits of independent learning for students include:

Improved academic performance

Increased motivation and confidence

Increased chances to be creative and intellectually creative

Fostered social inclusion and countered alienation from peers

Increased opportunities for completing differentiated tasks, set by the teacher

9 tips for encouraging students to become independent learners

1. Provide students with opportunities to self-monitor

Self-monitoring depends on the two processes of establishing goals and receiving feedback from others and from oneself. You can encourage your students to self-monitor by helping them develop their use of self and peer assessment to see whether the strategies they were using were effective for achieving learning goals.

2. Use questioning as scaffolding to independent learning

The aim here is a gradual, step-by-step transfer of responsibility from the teacher to the student. The teacher must develop effective classroom discourse, asking higher order, open-ended questions, responding flexibly to students' responses to promote thinking, problem-solving skills and deeper understanding.

Learn more about effective questioning in this article: How to improve your questioning skills

3. Offer models of behaviour

Encourage your students to model your behaviour. For example, by showing them how categorising information can make it easier to remember.

4. Develop communication that includes language focused on learning

This helps students to become more aware of the steps involved in learning, to understand their own individual learning style and helps them share their thinking.

Enjoy reading these tips? Discover more classroom strategies that can impact your teaching & learning: Click here

5. Provide written and/or oral feedback on classwork and homework

This can be a good way to improve students' confidence in working independently. Limit use of attainment grades and scores and consider giving grades for level of effort.

6. Encourage collaboration

Give your students regular opportunities to complete quality, small group tasks and encourage them to learn from each other and develop their own ideas, rather than always looking to you for answers.

7. Give pupils choices and encourage your students to set their own learning goals

So that they can reflect on their own interests and preferences and take ownership of their learning, this will make your students feel empowered and in control of their own learning.

8. Involve pupils again in lesson planning

Asking your students for their input will help them feel that they have a responsibility for and involvement in their own learning, increasing motivation and helping you better plan your practice.

9. Encourage your pupils to be reflective

Suggesting your students keep a 'learning diary' can enable them to keep track of their learning and monitor their progress. Hopefully their confidence will increase as they look back and become aware of how far they've come throughout the school year.

How video-enabled reflections can help

Supporting the development of independent learners in your classroom can be challenging. According to Professor John Hattie, teachers only see and hear 20% of what is happening in any given lesson, making it difficult for teachers to know exactly what to change and how to better support their students. By video recording your lesson and afterwards reflecting on it, you can effectively recognise the level of student involvement in a lesson, analyse your teaching and identify areas of improvement. Video reflections allow you to plan your practice better, develop independent learners and ultimately improve student outcomes.

Would you like to learn more about video reflections and how they can help improve teaching and learning at your school?

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Developing independent learning skills that improve outcomes

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Get tips for how teachers can encourage students to engage in independent learning, an essential part of the overall learning process.

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Independent learning is the holy grail of education. It is considered to be the key to effective learning as students transform the way they take in and apply what they are taught. Many students may find this daunting as they are used to relying on teacher help, and the transition can prove difficult. However, with the correct guidance and nurturing, students will learn to take their learning into their own hands and advance on the path to success.

What Exactly is Independent Learning?

An independent learner is one who can take responsibility for their own learning. These are students who can take initiative and make good decisions without needing help from teachers. Developing independent learners is important to help students advance in their academic performance and stay motivated.

When students shift to independent learning, they often have more control over their time. They can decide when and where to spend their time and, with the right nurturing, they will decide on their own to spend it efficiently. Becoming an independent learner comes alongside an increased feeling of responsibility and accountability for personal success and failure. This can be especially motivating as students may feel a strong sense of pride when they see positive progress in their academics.

How You Can Help Your Students
Encourage a sense of purpose
When students care about what they are learning, they are more likely to apply themselves. This sense of purpose can be encouraged in many ways and a great place to start is by simply helping students realise what they will gain. Evidence shows that manipulation of the teaching environment could increase students interest in their learning. When students are told why and how the learning material would be useful to them in achieving their goals, they are more likely to put in more effort during their learning. When it comes to motivation, creating a sense of purpose may be an even better approach than either the carrot vs stick approach.
Encourage collaboration
Giving students the opportunity to work with their peers can be very useful as they can learn from each other and get feedback on their ideas from other students at their learning levels. This will show them to work with other people when necessary, and to not always look to the teacher for answers.

that when students are asked to work together, they engage in more exploratory behaviour and are able to accept positive and negative feedback easier. Although this is not completely independent, it is a good starting point that can urge students to take the initiative to develop their own ideas. The only caveat here is that there will need to be a good degree of guidance to start with, to ensure they aren't getting distracted and/or learning misconceptions from each other - we wrote about the Research suggests pros and cons of group work to help you with this.

When working on a task, it is important for students to continuously reflect and keep track of their learning. This will allow them to pinpoint areas of strength or weakness, and they can use this to monitor their progress without needing feedback from their teacher. Self-monitoring falls under the realm of reflection with students focusing on establishing goals they want to meet and being able to assess themselves as they reach each milestone. The best questions student can ask themselves include "How can I get better?" and "Where do I do my best work?". These psychologically rich questions contribute to enhancing self-reflection.
Encourage goal setting
A good way to keep students on the track to becoming independent learners is by introducing them to effective goal setting . This must include flexibility, both short and long-term goals, and enough challenge to maintain motivation. Goal setting allows students to create targets that they would like to work on independently and achieve in a given time frame. This promotes success as students will feel a stronger sense of enthusiasm towards accomplishing their personal goals as they know the gains will benefit them.

Research has found that when people wrote down their goals, they were 33% more likely to achieve them than those who kept them in their minds. Encourage students to make a to-do list so that their goals feel more concrete.

As a teacher, you hope that one day your students will be able to apply what they have learnt without needing your guidance. Encourage them to self-reflect and set challenging yet realistic goals. Once students reach this stage of independency, they will have developed key skills necessary to succeed in their academics, and beyond.

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Here is our guide to independent learning - what it is, how it can help your students and how our resources can aid you in promoting independent learning in the primary classroom.

What is Independent Learning?

Independent learning is a method of studying that requires children to have no support from adults of supervisors.

The ability to independently learn means that students can pursue their own research and recognise which educational material is most valuable to them.

It is an incredibly valuable skill to have, not just in completing school and college curriculums, but in workplaces and beyond.

Benefits of Independent Learning

There are wide-ranging benefits to be gleaned from encouraging independent learning in children from a young age. Some of them include:

Boosting time management and organisational skills.

The ability to work with versatility.

Increasing initiative and creative thinking.

Helping reading and writing proficiency.

How to Encourage Independent Learning in Children

Although independent learning, by its very nature, an individual and student-led task, there are certain steps that teachers or carers can take to help aid the process.

Some ways of promoting independent learning in a primary classroom setting include:

Encourage children to seek information from a variety of sources and mediums - not just text, but visual and audio material as well.

Set clear targets: having a parameter to work around will encourage children to seek out valuable information more efficiently.

Emphasise time management: this will make sure that learning is not prohibited by distractions and wasted time.

Promote reading, not just in learning time but consistently throughout the day.

Pre and post-learning discussions: having these will give you the chance for you to run over with your child all of their knowledge gaps and struggles, as well as the methods they found useful.

How Much Help Should I Give my Independent Learning Child?

When encouraging your students to learn more independently, it can be a tricky balance to work out when you should step in to help, and when you should leave them to figure the problem out for themselves.

In truth, there is no harm in giving children a little helping hand here and there if they have been stuck on an issue for some time.

It is the explanation and reasoning that you give them in solving this problem that will give the stimulus to find the right solutions next time.

Our Resources on Independent Learning

Here at Twinkl, we specialise in having the right resources for every type of learning and subject content.

So whatever the learning space constitutes, use our learning aids for promoting independent learning in your primary classroom and scope each Curriculum as you require.

This Be Independent Display Posters is the perfect tool to help remind and reinforce to your children the importance of honing this skill regularly.

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What is Independent Learning? - Answered - Twinkl Teaching Wiki

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Here is our guide to independent learning - what it is, how it can help your students and how our resources can aid you in promoting independent learning in the primary classroom. Independent learning is a method of studying that requires children to have no support from adults of supervisors.

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Independent learning makes us responsible
secondly ;makes us decision making

nextly; develops creativity and intellectual curiosity

and we become self guided

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benefits - with independent learning we build our confidence and also develop problem solving skill cons - hard to doing task about which you dont know

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there are a lots of merits of independence learning  as ;
= It improves the acedimic performance.
=Increase motivation and confidence.
=awareness of their limitation and their ablity to manage them.

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Increase learining skills
Improve performance
increase confidence

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self learning
autonomous learning
pre study
independent research
independent review
liberty of study
benefit - more creative by getting experiences
limitation - lack of supervision and concentration

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benefits of independent leaning
promote confidence as welll as self-esteem
improve academic performance
improve time managment
improve decision making power

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self learning
learn freely

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1.RESPONSIBILITIES, firstly you have to take your responsibilities to do your work by your own
2.creat your own idea, secondly student can make there own ideas in paragragh with is very beneficially for them and benefits of critical way beacome more independent
3. with the help of independent learning student will improve there confidence

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advantages of independent learning                        increase confidence                                                motivation and  to do something creative                        get to know about our own abilities and draw backs        to be responsible

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Limitation - lack of supervison
Particular guidelines of tutor
Benefits - thing in critical way
Decision making power
Manage their time properly
Become more creative and independent

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