That can be true, Mariska, however, those kinds of learning skills have to be learned. Most students do not have the abilities you describe without intentional instucional guidance and coaching from their instructors. That means, then, that just exepcting sudents to achieve is not enough - rather to facilitate and develop the kinds of skills needed for success should always be the goal of the instructor working directly with students. Can you think of ways to develop these kinds of skills in your students?