Conclusion
If students are to be expected to be motivated to undertake an active and meaningful approach to their learning then they should be provided with both an appropriate environment and adequate support . Much attention has been focused on which teaching and assessment methods would encourage a deeper approach to learning. However, Entwistle et al. (1991) have suggested that what is important is not so much what students are doing within the classroom but what the students are doing outwith the classroom, in terms of their study methods and study behaviours. Students are more likely to take responsibility for their own learning and to become more autonomous learners if adequate support is available at suitably timed stages of their course and they are rewarded appropriately within the university's assessment procedures.