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Custer, Susan; And Others – 1995
This book offers study strategies and techniques which were originally used in resource rooms for students with mild disabilities but are appropriate for all students, all content areas, and all educational levels. The book is structured around the acronym SMARTS for the six action steps or skills covered: (1) Studying, (2) Memorizing, (3) Active…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Strategies, Listening Skills, Memorization
Download full textWilliams, Janice E. – 1996
Identifying the specific self-regulated learning strategies students use as they move toward higher academic achievement has important educational implications. This may be particularly true for rural students, who often have fewer available resources than their suburban peers. In this study, 75 eleventh- and twelfth-graders in 12 rural high…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Style, High School Students, High Schools
Hagedorn, Linda Serra; And Others – 1996
Research studies generally focus on mathematics achievement in college across various ethnic and gender subpopulations and have suggested that various factors such as mathematical ability, persistence, anxiety, attitudes, backgrounds, and exposure have been explanatory factors of mathematics achievement. This study explores nontraditional…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Ethnicity, Financial Support, Gender Issues
Ekins, Judith M. – 1992
A study investigated the study strategies used by 450 native Cantonese-speaking distance education students in Hong Kong/Macau studying in English, and the correlation between language skill levels and study approaches used. Students were surveyed concerning study motives and strategies, demographic information, langbuage use patterns, and…
Descriptors: College Students, Distance Education, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
National Inst. for Educational Research, Tokyo (Japan). – 1991
For the past decade there has been a surge of international interest in Japanese education in the wake of its economic and technological successes. This paper discusses eight distinctive features of Japanese education, identifying their advantages and disadvantages and how they have been brought about. These eight features of Japanese schooling…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Development, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education
Marshak, David – 1979
Designed to provide an introduction to study skills for students in the eighth, ninth, and tenth grades, this teacher's guide provides a series of 12 activity-oriented units, most of which require one period of class time. The units in the guide cover the following topics: (1) learning to listen, (2) vocabulary (getting meaning from context), (3)…
Descriptors: Listening Skills, Notetaking, Paragraph Composition, Reading Comprehension
Youssef, Anga A. – 1984
A study investigating the relationship between motivation, study time, and student achievement in second language courses has as subjects 97 tenth- and eleventh-grade English speakers in introductory French, German, and Spanish courses. Two surveys measured motivational factors and the amount of time spent studying the second language. Motivation…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, French, German
Devine, Thomas G. – 1987
This book describes specific ways for teachers to assist their students in mastering skills needed for success in school. It is based upon the belief that thinking can be improved, human intellect sharpened, and academic ability increased. A case for study skills is made in Chapter I. Chapter II provides guidelines for the immediate improvement of…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Cognitive Processes, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Alexander, Patricia – 1982
To provide a test of the notion that criterial task knowledge facilitates learning and, consequently, performance in studying, a study examined the effects of an explicit prereading task directive and an explicit postreading criterion on the studying behaviors of 40 college undergraduates. After presentation of a prereading task directive prepared…
Descriptors: Advance Organizers, Cognitive Processes, College Students, Higher Education
Best, Patricia A.; Brozo, William G. – 1985
Because of the limitations of two recent major reviews of the research on studying another review of the literature was conducted. Articles chosen for this review supplied adequate information about levels of processing and encoding specificity, investigated the effects of student-generated as opposed to teacher-provided study aids on…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Learning Strategies, Literature Reviews, Notetaking
Neuschatz, Sanford; And Others – 1977
Investigated with three secondary school students who were unable to complete class assignments because of motivational and attitudinal problems was the effect of teacher-written praise notes and parental support on academic performance. Results of the intervention and communication between parent, teacher, and student indicated academic gains…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Contingency Management, Exceptional Child Research
Fletcher, Lynn – 1980
A program for improving study habits and study skills of middle school students was developed. Students were selected to participate in the remedial study skills/study habits program if they were receiving grades below D in two or more academic subjects and if they evidenced average reading development or achievement. The students were tutored by…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Middle Schools, Program Descriptions, Reading Programs
Spurlin, Joni E.; And Others – 1980
The effectiveness of different frequencies of summarization during studying and processing prose passages was compared. The 48 college students in the study were equally divided into a control group (normal study techniques), a frequent summarization group that created four noncumulative summaries at equally spaced intervals throughout the passage…
Descriptors: College Students, Comparative Analysis, Content Area Reading, Critical Reading
WEITZMAN, DAVID L. – 1964
THIS TUTORING EXPERIMENT WAS CONDUCTED TO PROVIDE A PLACE OUTSIDE OF REGULAR SCHOOL HOURS WHERE STUDENTS COULD RECEIVE ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTION AND PRACTICE, AND TO CREATE AN EXPERIMENTAL SITUATION IN WHICH THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A TUTORING PROGRAM AT THE SECONDARY SCHOOL LEVEL COULD BE EVALUATED. TUTORING WAS DONE BY JUNIOR AND SENIOR STUDENTS FROM…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Rating, After School Education, Group Experience
Molidor, John B.; And Others – 1978
The goal of this research was to find conveniently administered measures which could provide objective data concerning problem solving skills of applicants to medical schools. The instruments were to be free of medical content so they could be administered to any medical school applicant. However, personal qualities relevant to the demands of…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Anxiety, Clinical Experience, Competitive Selection
