Developing Self Directed Learners

According to the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory's most recent regional needs assessment "helping students become self-directed learners who take responsibility for their own academic performance" was ranked near the top of identified priorities...This Topical Summary looks at current research on several aspects of developing self-directed learners:

• Defining who is a self-directed learner
• Teaching or helping students to become self-directed learners
• Creating school environments that nurture self-directed learning within
  standards-based accountability systems
• How implementing state-level policies can assist schools in their efforts to become centers of high achievement and incubators for self-directed learners