Students’ Conceptions of Learning

Learning as an increase of knowledge
To gain some knowledge is learning … We obviously want to learn more. I want to know as much as possible.
Learning is memorizing
Learning is about getting it into your head. You’ve just to keep writing it out and eventually it will go in.
Learning is acquiring facts or procedures which are to be used.
Well, it’s about learning the thing so you can do it again when you are asked to, like in an exam.
Learning is making sense.
Learning is about trying to understand things so you can see what is going on. You’ve got to be able to explain things, not just remember them.
Learning is understanding reality.
When you have really learnt something you kind of see things you couldn’t see before. Everything changes