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Does Book-borrowing or Early-rising Benefit for Col-

lege Students’ Academic Performance? 

By Du, S., Fei, Y.Q., He, M., & Hu, H. 

Correspondence to: Hu, H., Associate Professor, College of Teacher Education, 

Southwest University, China. Email: ethuhang@swu.edu.cn 

EHAVIORS like book-borrowing and early-rising relatively reflect the 

process of thinking development of college students’ self-efficacy con-

sciousness and self-cognition adjustment. A study published in Distance Ed-

ucation in China collected the log data of library book-borrowing and smart 

card consumption of 833 university students, constructing characteristic in-

dex for learning performance, book-borrowing, and early-rising. Clustering 

and correlational analysis were administered to investigate the impact of 

book-borrowing and early-rising on learning performance as well as their re-

lationship. Together with findings from the metacognition questionnaire sur-

vey, the correlation between collective learning behavior and overall learning 

performance and metacognition was established. Findings from the study 

show that: 

 The two behaviors all correlate with learning performance 

through the mediating effect of metacognition. 

 Moreover, early-rising (the time and frequency of getting up early) 

reflects college students’ metacognitive experience and planning 

competence; also, early-rising is more correlated comparing to the 

rising pattern (the stability of getting up early). 

 As for book-borrowing, it reveals disparities in college students’ 

metacognitive thinking activities monitor and self-reflection; 

while reading speed shows greatest impact on learning perfor-

mance, and the amount of book-borrowing and in-depth reading 

are conducive to knowledge and skill acquisition. 

Based on the analysis results, this article puts forward suggestions to 

improve learning activities and the learning environment: 

 Create a deep learning environment to stimulate college students’ 

self-learning initiative; 

 Optimize the way of knowledge dissemination to meet the indi-

vidual reading needs of college students; 

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 Change the role of the library and provide high-quality services 

for the development of discipline and specialty. 

 

Source: Distance Education in China, 2020; 2020(11): 47-58+77.