A group of 115 physically disabled freshmen were observed in regard to use of supportive services, study habits, disability, and academic performance. Results suggest strategies for assisting disabled students who may have academic problems. (Author)

Many recent studies of student learning are grounded in a theoretical framework which is experiential and describes learning from the learner's perspective or "from the inside". A research project on student learning in the Open University has followed a group of 30 students through their first year of university study. Students were…

All subjects showed significant increases in study habits. However, no condition produced a gain in academic performance beyond chance. (Author)

Treatment by mail effected positive change in self reported procrastination and distraction for students who had relatively better study skills. The treatment produced no effect on grades. (Author)

A program called "Headstart to College" was designed to help students coming to Foothill College meet the problems of orientation, study habits and reading before they entered the college in Fall 1966. Two counselors presented courses entitled "Introduction to College" and "Effective Study," and a reading specialist taught "Analytical Reading."…

Reports that entering college freshmen with low predicted grade point averages achieved significantly higher grade point averages after completing lessons on how to analyze and manipulate information than did students who received no such instruction. (DD)

First-year students completed surveys on their study habits and grade predictions, which were compared to final course grades and retention, and then to enrollment status and cumulative grade point average (GPA) 8 years later. Found that graduates earned higher course grades and higher cumulative GPAs and more accurately predicted their course…

Reports results of a survey of demographics and work and study habits of college freshmen mathematics students. No statistically significant correlation was found between work hours and grade outcome. (Author/MKR)

This paper reviews many of the observed characteristics and study habits of first-year students in Iowa State University's electrical engineering programme (Ames, Iowa, USA). The studying and problem-solving practices of the students are discussed to identify salient traits, strengths and weaknesses, and critical symptoms thereof, which can affect…

The hypothesis of this study was that there is no significant difference between the mean academic performance of freshmen who hold work-study jobs during their first semester and those who do not, where performance is measured in terms of Grade Point Average (GPA). Subjects were two matched groups, the first being 27 students who held work-study…

This study was concerned with a description of the Pre-Professional Individually Prescribed Instructional (PIPI) model introduced into the curriculum of the College of Engineering at Oklahoma State University and its relationship with achievement, self-concept, and study orientation among freshmen engineering students enrolled in Freshman English…

Discusses the use of the Study Skills Questionnaire to help college freshmen increase their knowledge of their own study strategies, including the ability to think on different levels, their task completion strategies, and the use of study aids. Suggests college faculty use results of the questionnaire to adjust teaching methods to student needs.…

A survey examined study habits and attitudes, age variables, and the decision to participate in remediation among 261 academically deficient college freshmen. Choice to attend was associated with high Survey of Study Habits and Attitudes (SSHA) scores among older participants and low SSHA scores among the youngest group. (LRA)