The Approaches to Study Inventory was completed by 316 of a sample of 473 Australian nursing students. Construct validation supported two orientations to study: meaning (deep learning) and reproducing (surface learning). Lack of change in orientation from the first to the third year suggests a need to nurture deep-level learning. (SK)

Examined study habits in foreign-language courses. Low performers reported that: they frequently include irrelevant information in their notes; when they have difficulty, they do not seek help; they put their notes away after tests and never consult them again; they have to be in the mood before studying; they doodle/daydream when studying; and…

Studied the effect of self-regulatory processes on test preparation and performance through interviews with 62 college students. As expected, high test scorers used more self-regulatory processes to enhance test preparation and performance, and self-regulation positively affected test performance. (SLD)

Studies the ability of skilled and unskilled college students to underline and summarize expository prose while studying a passage for a test. Finds that skilled summarizing produced better test performance than unskilled summarizing, skilled and unskilled underlining, and a read-only control. (MG)

To achieve the national goals for education, we must exert the same energy, time, money, and practice on education basics as we devote to sports, video games, rock music, television viewing, shopping, and other diversions. Modest suggestions, such as a law that switches off TV nationally during early weekday evenings, are provided. (MLH)

Counseling adult students with study problems involves not only presenting study techniques but also jointly developing strategies appropriate for students' learning styles and maintaining a nondirective approach that enables students to take control and gain confidence. (SK)

Explains the philosophy and practice of a mathematics study-skills course through the narrative of a fictional student. Provides a rich description of the experience, and numerous footnotes provide the ideas and justification behind the design of the course. Contains 15 references. (Author/ASK)

In one section of a graduate course (n=26), the instructor gave enthusiastic verbal praise 27% of the time for homework logs and administered no verbal praise in the other (n=28). The praise group had higher average scores, studied longer per lesson, and had higher motivation. (Contains 51 references.) (SK)

This booklet is addressed to parents and guardians of incoming high school students, discussing what many researchers consider the most important year of high school, perhaps the most important year of school so far. Freshman year will set the stage for whether a student graduates and whether he or she will be ready for college. Citing years of…

This study aims to investigate the differences between high and low academic achieving Hong Kong University students in terms of learning and study strategies. A total of 180 Hong Kong University students participated in the present study by completing a revised Chinese version of the Learning and Study Strategies Inventory. Results indicated that…

One possible approach students can cope with abstract algebra concepts is reducing abstraction. This notion occurs when learners are unable to adopt mental strategies as they deal with abstraction level of a given task. To make these concepts mentally accessible for themselves, learners unconsciously reduce the level of the abstraction of the…

This brief guide on how to study efficiently was designed for minority engineering students and provides eight techniques to improve study habits and enhance learning and retention. The first seven suggestions are each accompanied by a methodology and an explanation of the purpose of the technique; the eighth pertains to the overall concept of…

Three main facets have been postulated to interactively comprise the student achievement complex. These include the student's motivational make-up, study behaviors and strategies, and cognitive and self-management demands with student study activities. This investigation is a subset of a series of studies on personality correlates, study…

Reviews the literature on the relationships between academic performance in higher education and motivation and study habits. (Editor/PG)

A replication study was conducted with five underachieving fourth graders to determine the effects of teacher-written praise notes and associated parent praise as motivating agents for increased performance of assigned school tasks. When Ss completed 80% or more of their work they were given a praise note to take home to parents who were…