The examination ofhome learning habits and methods at high-school students

Abstract

Nowadays learning has become increasingly important because it is vitai not only in the education system but in the labor markét as well (D. Molnár 2013:21-38). We know numberless forms of learning, and several literatures examine both theoretical or practical aspects of the topic. This study focuses on the specificity of the home learning by the surveys called Learning habits and methods (N. Kollár-Martonné 2001: 64-66) and The lifestyle (Martonné- N. Kollár 2001: 46-50). The questionnaires were filled by two different groups of lOth graders. One part of the questions was about the problems they have with the most difficult subjects and the ways how they deal with them. The other part of the questions was about learning-time management. The answers reveal that most of the students are trying to improve their weaknesses encountered during the learning process. The endeavor for self-improvement is positive but in the same time the methods of it are rather inconsistent. It is possible and alsó important to assist the students in learning because selfregulated learning is less typical among them if the learning process is not well structured (D. Molnár 2013: 74-116). The efficient learning can be carried out by different trainings or certain reading comprehensions integrated into lessons. In this way students can be motivated to build up their home learning methods based on different concepts, and to follow up their own improvements.