ABSTRACT
This chapter describes the nature and demands of studying and learning in higher education. It suggests strategies and resources for effective independent learning. The chapter focuses on motivation for studying for a Foundation Degree. Working hard, meeting deadlines, working independently, managing studies along with work and family life, studying, reading, note-taking, writing and discussing ideas might be some of the activities people associate with being a student. Receiving feedback is seen as supporting improvement rather than revealing limitations and will support learning. This links to Kathryn's words earlier when she acknowledged that feedback became an important part of her development. B. S. Bloom's taxonomy is sometimes described as a measurement tool for thinking. It represents, in pyramidal form, a hierarchy of skills for learning that become progressively more complex. Constructivism and social constructivism ideas about learning are based on the key principle that learning is an active process.
