Resourceful &
knowledgeable
- Bring considerable prior knowledge to new learning
- Activate that prior knowledge to identify, organize, prioritize, and assimilate new information
- Recognize the tools and resources that would help them find, structure, and remember new information
- Know how to transform new information into meaningful and useable knowledge
To learn more about developing resourceful and knowledgeable learners,
go to Principle I
Strategic &
goal-directed
- Formulate plans for learning
- Devise effective strategies and tactics to optimize learning
- Organize resources and tools to facilitate learning
- Monitor their progress
- Recognize their own strengths and weaknesses as learners
- Abandon plans and strategies that are ineffective
To learn more about developing strategic and goal-directed learners,
go to Principle II
Purposeful &
motivated
- Are eager for new learning and are motivated by the mastery of learning itself
- Are goal-directed in their learning
- Know how to set challenging learning goals for themselves
- Know how to sustain the effort and resilience that reaching those goals will require
- Monitor and regulate emotional reactions that would be impediments or distractions to their successful learning
To learn more about developing purposeful and motivated learners,
go to Principle III
