What Is Independent Study?

Independent study refers to a general term for various teaching forms in which students learn according to their own plans with the guidance of teachers or even without guidance. Its meaning is not uniformly defined. In a broad sense, it includes individualized teaching in general higher education, and distance teaching in adult higher education (correspondence, radio and television, open universities, self-study exams and other higher education). The characteristic is that students mainly rely on various media (written and audiovisual materials, etc.) or through various practical activities (experiments, internships, research, etc.) to learn. Teachers usually only help to develop plans, make brief introductions about learning and evaluate learning results , Sometimes can answer some questions. ^[1]