Source: http://www.ntlf.com/html/lib/bib/93-8dig.htm

Article title: “Turning Teaching Into Learning: The Role of Student Responsibility in the Collegiate Experience”

This article brings out a very valid point about student learning. In order for students to become learners, there needs to be a sense of responsibility in the student for their own learning. Colleges need to be able to foster this responsibility by letting students know the expectations and by putting into place policies that foster student achievement and recognize it.  When students are active learners, and professors provide activities to engage students, the “quality of effort”, a measure of student learning, is greater and students are more successful academically and socially.

I believe the principles in this article are applicable to the secondary level, too.  If we, as teachers, can provide learning activities that get our students actively involved, then we can produce a better quality of learners.  Sometimes, secondary teachers fail at engaging students because of time constraints, lack of resources, and low student motivation.  We, at the high school level, have lots of obstacles to overcome.