The reliability of the four-factor model of the survey of study habits and attitudes (SSHA) was investigated. The reliabilities of the scales were marginal as measured by coefficient alpha. The hierarchical model of the SSHA was not supported by confirmatory factor analysis. (Author/BW)

The degree of relationship between academic achievement, as assessed by college grade-point average, and information processing habits, as measured by the scales of the Inventory of Learning Processes (ILP) was investigated. Results specify differences in processing between successful and unsuccessful students. (Author/JKS)

Five studies are presented describing the development of a self-report inventory for measuring individual differences in learning processes. Factor analysis of items yielded four scales: Synthesis-Analysis, Study Methods, Fact Retention, and Elaborative Processing. There were no sex differences, and the scales demonstrated acceptable reliabilities…

Two correlational investigations attempted to establish the construct validity of the dimensions assessed by the Inventory of Learning Processes scales. The scales are Synthesis-Analysis; Study Methods; Fact Retention; and Elaborative Processing. A number of cognitive tests were also administered. (MH)