Approaches to Learning

Why are they Important

• crucial element in preparing students effectively for life beyond school. developing affective and metacognitive skills, learning as something that they “do for themselves in a proactive wa skill” is therefore used in a broad sense in the DP to encompass cognitive, metacognitive and affective skills. Affective skills are the skills of behaviour and emotional management underpinning attitudinal factors such as resilience, perseverance and self-motivation, Metacognitive skills are the skills that students can use to monitor the effectiveness of their learning skills and processes close links and areas of overlap