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Download full textStarcher, Keith; Proffitt, Dennis – International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 2011
Reasons are examined as to why students are reluctant to complete assigned textbook readings on a timely basis. Prior research suggested that lack of student motivation, lack of student knowledge of effective study habits, competing demands on student time, and lack of congruency between student objectives for the course and professor objectives…
Descriptors: College Students, Textbooks, Reading Assignments, Low Achievement
