Creating a Disposition to Learn: Promoting Enduring Effects from Learning Improvement Programs.

Sherman, Thomas M.

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ERIC Number: EJ446286

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1991

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Creating a Disposition to Learn: Promoting Enduring Effects from Learning Improvement Programs.

Sherman, Thomas M.

Research & Teaching in Developmental Education, v8 n1 p37-47 Fall 1991

Describes the procedures and results of a two-year project to improve the learning skills of first-year college students, focusing on aspects of students' daily lives and on effective study actions, strategies, and attitudes. Student achievement was higher than a comparative cohort, and differences were maintained into the second year. (DMM)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Freshmen, Higher Education, Learning Motivation, Learning Strategies, Program Descriptions, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation, Skill Development, Study Habits, Study Skills, Universities

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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