Abstract:

Driven by the dual laws of doctrine and practice, the research vein of university students’ learning methods has gradually penetrated the core of the talent cultivation system, paying more attention to the internalization and local reconstruction of theories in cross-cultural contexts, and promoting the deep transformation of college students’ learning methods in the information age, which has become the key to promoting the improvement of the quality of higher education. “Evidence from the twelve years of the National College Students’ Survey” (NCSS) shows that the learning method of Chinese college students is structurally dominated by the learning style of “diligent learning and good thinking”, and that major nodes and events have accelerated the dynamic interweaving of deep and shallow learning methods; Cluster analyses of the types of Chinese learners show the characteristics of “free-learning type > mixed-learning type > shallow-dominant type > deep-dominant type”, and the second year is the key period for the transformation of learning methods; the transformation to deep learning requires the organic integration and cooperation of various factors of teaching and learning, especially the focus is on cultivating an applied learning perspective and guiding a positive learning environment, but the excessively high perception of academic burden can easily hinder the improvement of students’ learning effectiveness. The future research and action paths should continue to strengthen the construction of local knowledge of college students’ learning methods and promote the classification evaluation; enhance college students’ learning adaptive ability to help students’ process development; and optimise the design of learning environments for teaching and learning to support students’ in-depth learning.

Key words: university students, learning methods, regular trends, doctrine and practice driven, NCSS