Negotiating learning: are shortcuts good or bad for our students?

Mohd Hashim, Intan Hashimah and Endut, Noraida and Azwan, Azman and Abdul Rahman, Shukran and UNSPECIFIED (2007) Negotiating learning: are shortcuts good or bad for our students? Bulletin of Higher Education Research. pp. 21-22.

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Abstract

Today’s increasingly globalised world places specific demands on young people pursuing tertiary education. There is a growing contention that students are increasingly “engaging in shortcut behaviour” due to the competitive nature of studies at Malaysian universities. Although the phrase has not been widely established in related academic areas as describing particular learning behaviour, “engaging in shortcut behaviour” may be operationally defined as a situation whereby, in order to achieve a particular learning result, a student undertakes courses of actions that are perceived to require lesser time and effort than are conventionally prescribed

Item Type:	Article (Bulletin)
Additional Information:	2032/81288
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Shortcut behaviors, univerisity student, learning behaviours
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology > BF501 Motivation
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Islamic Revealed Knowledge and Human Sciences > Department of Psychology
Depositing User:	Prof. Dr Shukran Abd Rahman
Date Deposited:	25 Sep 2020 09:36
Last Modified:	25 Sep 2020 09:36
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/81288

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