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Decker, Thomas W.; And Others – Academic Therapy, 1985
Recommendations are offered for combining study skills and test-taking training, relaxation, and modification in thinking processes to help learning disabled college students improve their academic effectiveness. A stress management program is outlined in terms of assessment and interventions. (CL)
Descriptors: College Students, Intervention, Learning Disabilities, Relaxation Training
Annis, Linda Ferrill – 1986
This paper outlines recommended test-taking strategies for the self-sufficient learner based on research in cognitive psychology. The theoretical model used is the information-processing approach involving the three essential steps of paying attention, encoding, and framing associative linkages for the new material. Preparing for examinations is…
Descriptors: Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Style, College Students, Higher Education
Friedman, Brenda G.; And Others – 1985
The booklet offers techniques to help language learning disabled college students and their tutors improve test-taking performance. The importance of mastering time management and study skills is stressed. Basic notetaking guidelines are presented, including use of a two-column system so that material on the right may be consolidated and…
Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Learning Disabilities, Notetaking
Feller, Myrna; Hussey, Ruth – 1983
This study skills workshop guide, for the college level, is designed to help students assess their study skills and personal behavior goals for becoming academically effective and confident. Seven consecutive, 2-hour, weekly sessions emphasize learning as an active process and concentrate on specific skills: objectives and goals; time management;…
Descriptors: College Environment, College Preparation, College Students, Higher Education
Gill, Wanda E. – 1984
A tutor training program manual that is used at Bowie State College is presented. The manual covers the following: tutoring program objectives; general tutoring principles; general procedures the tutor should follow; including contacting the student and establishing rapport, guidelines concerning the tutors' attitudes and behavior; a few points to…
Descriptors: College Students, Guidelines, Higher Education, Interpersonal Relationship
Talbot, Gilles L. – 1994
This paper offers college teachers guidelines for improving their teacher made tests. It notes that teachers may focus on how well students have learned course objectives while being unaware of how the testing process itself contributes to the results obtained. The paper reports the results of a test-taking workshop designed to improve college…
Descriptors: College Students, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Quality Control
Talbot, Gilles L. – 1997
This paper presents three vignettes to help teachers engage students in self-regulated learning. "Vignette One: Strengthening Your Will Power--Taking Charge of Your Life" explains how to help students take charge of themselves by "working smarter, not harder," i.e., by developing the habit of using such strategies as…
Descriptors: Assignments, College Faculty, College Students, Foreign Countries
Keller, Gary D., Ed.; And Others – 1991
This book contains 10 papers on solutions and barriers to improving the access of Hispanic American students to higher education. Following an introductory essay on: "Advances in Assessment and the Potential for Increasing the Number of Hispanics in Higher Education" (G. D. Keller), the papers are organized into four parts. Papers in…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Access to Education, College Entrance Examinations, College Students