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Griffin, Richard; MacKewn, Angie; Moser, Ernest; VanVuren, Ken W. – Contemporary Issues in Education Research, 2012
Universities and colleges are very interested in understanding the factors that influence their students' academic performance. This paper describes a study that was conducted at a mid-sized public university in the mid-south, USA, to examine this issue. In this study, the 10-scale, Learning and Study Strategies Inventory (LASSI) (Weinstein et…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Learning Strategies, Measures (Individuals), Study Skills
Salend, Spencer J. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 2011
Research suggests that between 25% to 40% of students experience test anxiety, with students with disabilities and those from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds having higher prevalence rates. Since test anxiety impacts student well-being and the validity of the important educational decisions based on testing data, this article…
Descriptors: Test Anxiety, Test Wiseness, Student Evaluation, Disabilities
Pless, Anica – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Test anxiety creates problems for many students, and can have a negative impact on the academic performance of many who suffer from it (Jones & Petruzzi, 1995). Typical treatment components for test anxiety involve psychoeducation, relaxation training, gradual exposure, cognitive restructuring, study skills training, and relapse prevention.…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Study Skills, Test Anxiety, Control Groups
US Department of Education, 2008
"Helping Your Child Succeed in School" is a brochure that provides parents with information, tools and activities they can use in the home to help their child develop the skills critical to academic success. This brochure was drawn from the larger booklet in the "Helping Your Child" series, "Helping Your Child Succeed in School" (ED503162) which…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, Parents as Teachers, Skill Development, Academic Achievement
Sanchez, Mark Christopher – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Historically, first-generation, low-income, and students with disabilities have had very high attrition rates at California Community Colleges and institutions of higher education in general. Based on figures compiled by the National Center for Educational Statistics in 2004, 4.5 million low-income, first-generation college students comprise…
Descriptors: Low Income Groups, Disabilities, Undergraduate Students, First Generation College Students
Wurdinger, Scott; Rudolph, Jennifer – Improving Schools, 2009
US high schools appear to measure success according to the number of students admitted into four-year institutions each year. Although this is one measure, there are some schools that focus on developing important life skills needed to become productive members of society. Online surveys were sent out to alumni, students, teachers, and parents to…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Alumni, Active Learning, Teaching Methods
Latterell, Carmen M. – Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2007
Placement tests are rapidly joining the ranks of high-stakes testing and college freshmen are required to take mathematics placement exams to determine their first mathematics course upon entering college. Unfortunately, these exams tend to place students in a lower-level or remedial course. As a result, additional expenses are incurred, degree…
Descriptors: State Standards, College Freshmen, Study Skills, Graphing Calculators
Rozalski, Michael E. – Beyond Behavior, 2008
Generally, teachers are good students. Most know how to successfully address a variety of academic tasks demands. Many know how to compensate for any personal weaknesses they have with specific skills. Sometimes teachers are such good students that they forgot what it was like to struggle to learn something. Unfortunately, students with emotional…
Descriptors: Test Wiseness, Memory, Study Skills, Learning Strategies
Tobias, Sigmund – 1984
This paper reviews the differences between two interpretations accounting for the poor test performance of high anxious students: (1) that anxiety interferes with retrieval of prior learning; or (2) that, due to study skills deficits, the initial acquisition by anxious students is less thorough than by those lower in anxiety. Research results…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Study Skills, Test Anxiety, Test Wiseness
Wood, Gail – 2000
This guide provides a survey to help readers discover their own learning styles, and then covers all the elements of study and test preparation. The guide is designed to be used 20 minutes each day so that the reader can learn to get the most out of studying. The chapters are: (1) "Getting Started"; (2) "Discovering How You Learn"; (3) "Looking…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Elementary Secondary Education, Study Habits, Study Skills
Shermis, Michael – 1989
This bibliography contains 36 annotations of resources in the ERIC database (ranging from 1983 to 1989) concerning study skills, note-taking, test-taking, and other organizational skills. The first section of this bibliography provides resources for developing good study habits, how to change study behavior, allocating study time, and study…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Notetaking, Skill Development, Study Habits

Curley, Robert G.; And Others – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1987
Students in 22 social science courses at the junior high, senior high, and college level were surveyed about their study habits to prepare for a major exam. An index of the effectiveness of each class of study activity was developed in terms of its impact on test grades. (RB)
Descriptors: College Students, Course Organization, Secondary Education, Study Habits

Middleton, James L. – Science Teacher, 1985
Suggests teaching study and test taking skills which many students do not pick up intuitively. Includes a list of study tips and test-taking techniques which may be duplicated and distributed to students. (DH)
Descriptors: Science Education, Science Instruction, Secondary Education, Study Habits
Wood, Gail – 1998
This book is designed to help the student learn how to study effectively. The focus is on finding one's own learning style and working with it to improve studying and learning. The following chapters are included: (1) "Getting Started"; (2) "Discovering How You Learn"; (3) "Looking and Listening"; (4) "Making Images, Making Order, Making Sense";…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Higher Education, Learning Strategies, Secondary Education
Kline, Peter; Martel, Laurence D. – 1992
This workbook was written to help students learn better, study better, and do better in school. Chapter 1 provides an overview of the book. Chapter 2 focuses on five basic skills that can help readers become super students: goal setting, putting things in the right order, asking questions, finding out how you're doing, and discovering patterns.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Style, Elementary Secondary Education, Memory