Calibration, defined as the accuracy with which students can predict their own performance, was studied. The role of feedback in the development of calibration was examined, and questions of whether better calibration was associated with better performance and more efficient study were explored. Subjects were 136 college students in an…

This manual was written to help college students become better students and more successful learners. The goals of the book are to raise awareness of, and interest in, the learning process generally; increase each student's awareness of her/himself as a learner; introduce specific strategies for more effective learning; suggest that each student…

The literature on journal writing to learn supports journal writing as a means of enabling students to understand and modify their own academic habits and attitudes. Dialogue journal writing adds another component in which the academically skilled adult offers support, insight, and feedback through written interaction. A study was conducted in…

Previous research has shown that college students often report problems with procrastination on academic tasks. A study was conducted to investigate factors related to academic procrastination. Subjects (N=379) completed the Procrastination Assessment Scale on measures of test anxiety, attributions, and self-control. A subset of subjects (N=125)…

Training tutors to help students with study skills and content-reading strategies, as well as to assist with course work, can broaden the role of tutors. Handouts for tutors have been developed that adapt traditional reading/study strategies for use in specific disciplines, sometimes with specific textbooks in mind. Tutors should also emphasize…

The significance of study method inventories in higher education is explored. A brief history of study skills inventories is presented along with justifications for using a study method approach. Research indicates the student most likely to be more successful than others may exhibit better study habits and adapt more easily to academic norms and…

Courses using a Personalized System of Instruction (PSI) have proliferated in the past decade. Researchers have explored various factors related to PSI, but rarely, if ever, have students' study habits or preferences been considered. A questionnaire examining the study habits, exam preferences and attitudes toward various instructional formats was…

College students experiencing academic difficulties are a major concern to universities. Research has indicated that many underachievers display certain identifiable electroencephalogram (EEG) characteristics. Unlike achieving students, underachievers often exhibit little EEG arousal during normally motivating tasks. These findings suggest that…

The classroom test performance of three groups, self-monitoring (SM), a combination of self-monitoring, self-reinforcement and self-punishment (SM+C), and controls, were compared in independent replications in a chemistry (n=149) and a calculus (n=80) class. In chemistry, but not calculus, the experimental subjects outperformed controls. It was…

SELECTED EXCERPTS FROM TRANSCRIPTIONS OF GROUP THERAPY SESSIONS AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS ATTENDING A VOLUNTARY, NONCREDIT, FREE COURSE ON READING AND STUDY SKILLS AT THE CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK ARE CITED. SEVEN TO TEN STUDENTS MET ONE HOUR EACH WEEK FOR 12 TO 30 WEEKS TO PARTICIPATE IN GROUP THERAPY. IT WAS OBSERVED THAT AT THE OUTSET THE STUDENTS…

Note-taking at college lectures is believed to provide an external memory device for review and to require the student to encode the learning material into a personally meaningful form. A closer examination of the kinds of notes made and used by students may help to explain the relationship between the note-taking process and individual…

The effects of group counseling upon the reading improvement of students attending a college reading-improvement class were investigated. All students enrolled in the class (56) were randomly assigned to a control or experimental group. Pretest and post-test measures were taken using the following instruments: The Diagnostic Reading Tests, Survey…

This study examines how 105 disabled college students' characteristics (i.e. age, disability, and sex) and use of supportive services relate to self-reported study habits and methods as measured by the Study Attitudes and Methods Survey. Results reveal the post-test scores drop by about 10% regardless, and drop again by about 4% for every 10…

Undergraduate Educational Opportunity Program students were given a variety of traditional, cognitive, college achievement predictor measures and the scales of the Study Attitudes and Methods Survey. These measures were then used in a series of regressions to predict measures of college success. (JKS)

Introduces reading research from Great Britain, Sweden, and Australia. Discusses three conclusions from this literature particularly relevant to college reading specialists. (SR)