Guided Learning Approach in Improving Self‐Directed Learning among First Year Students in a Public University

Ida Juliana, Hutasuhut and Mohammad Azhari, Abu Bakar and Kartini, Abd Ghani and Dorkas Ping, Bilong (2022) Guided Learning Approach in Improving Self‐Directed Learning among First Year Students in a Public University. In: INTERNATIONAL COUNSELING CONVENTION 2022, 1st-4th November 2022, Riverside Majestic Hotel, Kuching Sarawak.

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Abstract

Many studies agreed that students in the Asian higher education institution, particularly in year one, still rely on teacher-centered learning. They are still very passive in their learning, waiting for the lecturer to spoon-feed them even though they have been at the university level, where they need to be more independent. This study aims to examine the role of the guided learning method in improving the Self‐Directed Learning (SDL) level among year-one psychology students of UNIMAS. All the first-year students of psychology programs Group 1, with a total number of around 37, were included in this study. In the first week of the semester, all the students took the assessment to measure their SDL level (pre-intervention test), starting from week TWO until week TWELVE, in every class, the lecturer embedded the guided learning methods, and at the end of the semester, the students took the assessment to measure their SDL level (post-intervention test). This study found that 35 out of 37, or 94.59% of students increase their SDL level at the end of the semester after they experience a guided learning method. Therefore, university management needs to emphasize the importance of implementing guided learning as scaffolding for the students to gradually move away to be self-directed in their learning and further achieve their learning goals.

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