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Assessing Study Skills in College Students: A Review of Three Measures
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Villarreal, Victor; Martinez, Anna – Journal of College Student Development, 2018
Interventions focused on bolstering college student study skills--that is, techniques and strategies necessary to prepare for and complete schoolwork and tests (Proctor, Prevatt, Adams, Reaser, & Petscher, 2006; Richardson, Robnolt, & Rhodes, 2010)--have been implemented in a variety of ways, including as part of summer bridge programs,…
Descriptors: Study Skills, Student Attitudes, Intervention, Notetaking
Portfolio of Evidence: An Assessment Tool in Promoting Geometry Achievement among Teacher Education College Students
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Weldeana, Hailu Nigus; Sbhatu, Desta Berhe – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2017
Background: This article reports contributions of an assessment tool called Portfolio of Evidence (PE) in learning college geometry. Material and methods: Two classes of second-year students from one Ethiopian teacher education college, assigned into Treatment and Comparison classes, were participated. The assessment tools used in the Treatment…
Descriptors: Portfolio Assessment, Geometry, College Mathematics, Foreign Countries
The Potential of Supplemental Instruction in Engineering Education--Helping New Students to Adjust to and Succeed in University Studies
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Malm, Joakim; Bryngfors, Leif; Mörner, Lise-Lotte – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2015
Supplemental Instruction (SI) is a programme that is attached to difficult courses with the objective of increasing student performance and retention. However, an SI programme also has the potential to increase overall student performance and retention during the first critical year if applied to introductory courses. In this study the latter…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Engineering, Engineering Education, Supplementary Education
Impact of Problem-Based Learning on Student Experience and Metacognitive Development
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Downing, Kevin; Ning, Flora; Shin, Kristina – Multicultural Education & Technology Journal, 2011
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine the effectiveness of problem-based learning (PBL) in higher education based on a large sample of first-year undergraduates from two programmes at a Hong Kong University (n=132). One programme uses an entirely problem-based approach to learning, whilst the other uses traditional methods.…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Problem Based Learning, Metacognition, Foreign Countries
Problem-Based Learning and the Development of Metacognition
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Downing, Kevin; Kwong, Theresa; Chan, Sui-Wah; Lam, Tsz-Fung; Downing, Woo-Kyung – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education and Educational Planning, 2009
This study samples first year undergraduates from two programmes at a Hong Kong University (N = 66). One programme uses an entirely problem-based approach to learning and teaching, whilst the other uses more traditional methods. Using the Learning and Study Strategies Inventory (LASSI) as a measure of student perceptions of their thinking, or…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Metacognition, College Freshmen, Conventional Instruction
Pilot Investigation of Reliability and Validation of the Modified Learning and Study Strategies Inventory (LASSI) for Hearing-Impaired Preparatory Students at Gallaudet University.
Croft, Frances R.; And Others – 1989
This descriptive research study examined the validity of an adaptation of the Learning and Study Strategies Inventory (LASSI) that uses a videotape with questions in American Sign Language with a special group of hearing-impaired college students, assuming that LASSI is still reliable for this group. The study was limited to prelingually deaf…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Congenital Impairments, Deafness, Evaluation Problems