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Direct linkCukras, Grace-Ann Gorga – College Teaching, 2006
Research has consistently found that college students, especially freshmen, are not independent learners. To help students become self-regulated learners, reading and study skills courses as well as academic assistance programs should be designed to address this concern. Students must develop an inventory of study strategies that can be…
Descriptors: Study Skills, Learning Strategies, College Students, College Freshmen
Peer reviewedKennett, Deborah J. – Studies in Higher Education, 1994
A study investigated how persistence in an academic self-management course related to self-control. Results indicate that the students dropping out had a limited repertoire of general learned resourcefulness skills. However, both high- and low-resourceful students who completed the course used the skills they learned and achieved comparable final…
Descriptors: College Students, Developmental Studies Programs, High Risk Students, Higher Education
