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Killen, R.; Marais, A. de K.; Loedolff, P. van Z. – South African Journal of Higher Education, 2003
This article presents the results of a recent investigation at the University of South Africa that attempted to identify the post-enrolment factors that lecturers and students see as having important influences on students' success in undergraduate Business Studies courses. Data were gathered from students enrolled in all years of the BCom degree…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, College Students
Bol, Linda; And Others – 1995
The Study Activity Questionnaire (SAQ) was administered to 83 college students who were enrolled in either an introductory research methods course or an introductory statistics course in the college of education at one university. At the beginning of the term the students completed the SAQ with reference to how they typically studied (pretest),…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Correlation, Course Content
Connelly, Kirstin P.; DuBois, Nelson F.; Staley, Richard – 1998
While past research has reported moderate effects of learning-to-learn courses on grade-point averages (GPAs), number of hours completed, and attrition rates, little has been reported about how students fare in subsequent semesters. This study, which consisted of a five-phase interview process with 30 randomly selected male and female college…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, College Students, Higher Education, Learning Activities
McIntosh, Naomi E. – 1973
The study looks at the way in which survey research has helped at different stages in the life of the Open University in Great Britain. Since Open University students are studying at a distance, the major source of information about them and about the way they study has been from survey research. This research has provided an input to academic…
Descriptors: College Students, Dropout Research, External Degree Programs, Foreign Countries

Mussano, Frank – 1977
Second semester freshmen living in dormitories at York College (Pennsylvania) were administered the Organization Survey and Study Techniques Survey, and these results were compared with the students' overall grade-point averages (GPAs). The results indicated a clear positive correlation between study organization and GPA, and a significant…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Freshmen, College Students, Correlation
LUECK, WILLIAM R. – 1965
TO DETERMINE WHICH COMMON TEACHING PROBLEMS CAUSE THE GREATEST CONCERN OR INSECURITY AMONG PROSPECTIVE TEACHERS, 445 JUNIORS (243 IN 1962-63 AND 205 IN 1963-64) TAKING A SECONDARY SCHOOL METHODS COURSE WERE ASKED TO RANK TWELVE MAJOR PROBLEMS IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY CAUSED CONCERN. THE PROBLEMS WERE COMPILED FROM THOSE OCCURRING FREQUENTLY IN…
Descriptors: College Students, Discipline, Education Majors, Educational Problems
Tollefson, Nona; And Others – 1979
The relationship of self-reported study behaviors, affect toward the course, test anxiety, and past achievement to final examination performance were investigated. Subjects were students in Education who enrolled in an undergraduate measurement course. Six study behavior factors in combination with the affect, anxiety, and past achievement…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Anxiety, College Students, Conference Reports
Taha, Consuelo Byrd – 1974
This study is considered to represent an attempt to examine conditions which inhibit the education of many minority group college students, by pursuing three specific objectives. They are: (1) to identify common indicators of the lack of self-discipline among minority group college students and analyze them in terms of their nature and magnitude;…
Descriptors: Attendance, Classroom Observation Techniques, College Students, Disadvantaged Youth
Opdahl, Chris A. – 1976
Research investigating the performance of students enrolled in courses taught by a Personalized System of Instruction (PSI) has tended to support the claim that PSI is a superior teaching method. The present research study isolated the self-pacing aspect of PSI courses and attempted to teach 13 academically deficient first year college students…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavioral Objectives, College Students, Contingency Management
Sweitzer, Nancy Guadalupe – 1999
This dissertation reviews procrastination, and academic procrastination in particular, focusing on research which analyzes methods that both college students and professors can employ to effectively combat academic procrastination. The first section of the paper examines various forms and sources of procrastination, childhood conditions…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Students, Higher Education, Learning Motivation

Check, John F. – College Student Journal, 1982
Surveyed student attitudes on modes of testing and evaluation. Data from 476 college students revealed that multiple-choice test items and short answer essays were most preferred. Found grade point average related to study habits and preparation for and determinant of student preferences regarding tests. (Author/JAC)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Educational Testing, Evaluation Methods

Britton, Bruce K.; Tesser, Abraham – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1991
The hypothesis that college grade point average (GPA) is predictable by student time management was tested. Ninety college students completed a time-management questionnaire in 1983. Four years later, comparison with cumulative GPA indicated that time-management practices may influence achievement. Time management was a better predictor than…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Factor Analysis, Grade Point Average
Lonka, Kirsti; Olkinuora, Erkki; Makinen, Jarkko – Educational Psychology Review, 2004
The development of two dominant research traditions is described: students' approaches to learning (SAL) and information processing (IP). The development of the third tradition, self-regulated learning (SRL) is added. SAL is based on European research, whereas IP and SRL are more typical background ideas for North-American research. The most…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Information Processing, Educational Research, Research Methodology
Warkentin, Robert W.; And Others – 1994
A theoretical model describes the components of academic studying focusing on antecedents as well as the consequences of studying. This study uses correlational means to explore the relationship among student characteristics, study activities, and outcomes for 42 education majors. Study activities were assessed with a self-report questionnaire.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Processes, College Students, Correlation
Oosterhuis-Geers, Joke – 1993
The Faculty of Public Administration at the University of Twente in Enschede (Netherlands) asked for a course in study skills to improve the passing rates of public administration (PA) students. Interviews with students and a questionnaire about study skills confirmed the need for such a course, but the University's previous experience suggested…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Course Evaluation, Cutting Scores