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The Relationship of Conscientiousness to Metacognitive Study Strategy Use by Developmental Students.

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Brothen, Tomas; Wambach, Cathrine – Research and Teaching in Developmental Education, 2001

Argues that many developmental students succeed in college regardless of their basic academic ability and high school records. Presents data that suggest that, as a predictor of academic success over time, conscientiousness combined with metacognitive study skills is superior to ACT test performance. Suggests that proper developmental learning…

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Processes, Community Colleges, Compensatory Education

Differences Between Developmental Studies Communication Students and Regular College Communications Students in Their Orientation to Symbols and Their Meanings.

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Griffin, Thomas E. – 1975

This study tested the hypothesis that regular communication students are oriented to more symbols and their meanings than are developmental communication students and thus have more ways to receive information. One-hundred students (50 regular and 50 developmental) at Central Piedmont Community College were given the 220-item Cognitive Style…

Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Tests, Communication (Thought Transfer), Comprehension