Turning First Year Students into Lifelong Learners

We say repeatedly that one of our goals is to cultivate lifelong learning skills in our students, and indeed the Metro State strategic plan specifically promotes this outcome in one of its four strategic planning goals (Prepare students for success in their education, career and life). This brief article from Faculty Focus suggests some simple assignments appropriate to getting first year students to reflect on the process of learning, what works, and what—in their specific cases—has not.