The present study focuses on motivational constructs and their effect on students' academic achievement within an existing statistics course. First-year Health Sciences students completed a questionnaire that measures several motivational constructs: dimensions of causal attributions, outcome expectancy, affect, and study behaviour, all with…

This study explored the impact of "Technology Enabled Active Learning" (TEAL) on students learning general physics, focusing on differences between genders and among various achievement levels. A quasi-experimental investigation was conducted on two semesters of courses offered in 2008. Data sources consisted of pre-tests, post-tests,…

This paper is based on the experience acquired in teaching materials science/engineering to first year university students. It has been observed that students struggle with some of the fundamental materials concepts addressed in the module/course. This applies to delivered lectures but extends to the incorporation of tutorial sessions provided…

We examined subjective experiences in activities and perceptions of growth in a sample of first-year female university students (N = 196; age range = 17 to 19 years old, M = 18.48, SD = 0.53; the most common ethnic affiliations were British Isles, 51% of respondents, Canadian, 34%, French, 14%, and German, 8%). Students described 4 activities,…

This study was conducted to investigate study behaviors of undergraduate and graduate college students at Fort Hays State University, Kansas, Undergraduate (N=93) and graduate (N=46) students completed the Study Behavior Inventory, Form D (SBI-D) and a demographic questionnaire that examined age, gender, academic major, college classification,…

The effect of a realistic noise level (typing) on the intellectually challenging task of proofreading was examined. The results indicate noise subjects were poorer at identifying grammatical errors, worked slower and less steadily. (Author/DE)

This bibliography contains 36 annotations of resources in the ERIC database (ranging from 1983 to 1989) concerning study skills, note-taking, test-taking, and other organizational skills. The first section of this bibliography provides resources for developing good study habits, how to change study behavior, allocating study time, and study…

Results of an investigation to determine if differential study habits between internal and external individuals could be a significant factor in the link between locus of control and academic achievement indicate that the study habits are an important factor. (Author/KM)

Examines the relationship between anxiety manifest prior to an examination and the quantity of study for that examination. Results indicate that they are positively related and that quantity of study had a near-zero relationship with performance on the examination. (HMV)

No difference in test performance was found among students who read class materials prior to or after teacher presentation. (RB)

This text is designed to develop flexibility of reading techniques in college science students. Four basic steps useful in reading science textbooks and research reports are described and illustrated by using extracts from current college science textbooks. Each of the steps (exploration of document, vocabulary check, analysis for comprehension…

This paper presents a model for studying the effects of operant conditioning on reading behavior. Four academically deficient college sophomores, two of whom were reinforced for appropriate responses, were chosen as subjects. After surveying each of 25 chapters comprised of 636 appropriate topic sentences, all four subjects were given mimeographed…

The purpose of this paper is to provide a global examination of studying in terms of the characteristics, dimensions, and theory of the studying process. (Author/SJL)

This study investigates the effects of study skills groups on college student grade point average (GPA) and study habits and attitudes (SSHA). Results indicate a significant increase in GPA and SSHA for those who took the course. (Author)