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Jennifer Eilts – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Despite evidence that self-regulated learning ability is a strong predictor of academic achievement, effective learning and study strategies remain largely underutilized by students in higher education. In a time of extreme nursing shortage when prelicensure programs are operating at capacity, implications for course failure reach far beyond the…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Learning Strategies, Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes
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Ning, Hoi Kwan; Downing, Kevin – Studies in Higher Education, 2015
Based on self-reported cognitive, metacognitive, and behavioural strategy measures obtained from 828 final-year students from a university in Hong Kong, latent profile analysis (LPA) identified four distinct types of students with differential self-regulated learning strategy orientations: "competent self-regulated learners",…
Descriptors: Profiles, Metacognition, Learning Strategies, College Seniors
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Dill, Anna L.; Justice, Cheryl A.; Minchew, Sue S.; Moran, Laura M.; Wang, Chih-hsuan; Weed, Candace B. – Journal of College Reading and Learning, 2014
The Learning Center (TLC) at Mississippi State University (MSU) is an academic support unit designed to help students improve their academic performance. One of the programs offered by TLC is the Learning Skills Support Program (LSSP), which is designed for academically suspended students. The Center has traditionally used the Learning and Study…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Measures (Individuals), Study Habits, Academic Achievement
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Bergey, Bradley W.; Deacon, S. Hélène; Parrila, Rauno K. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2017
University students who report a history of reading difficulties have been demonstrated to have poorer word reading and reading comprehension skills than their peers; yet, without a diagnosed learning disability, these students do not have access to the same support services, potentially placing them at academic risk. This study provides a…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Reading Strategies, Grade Point Average, Scores
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Yip, Michael C. W. – Educational Psychology, 2013
The present study examines the dynamic relationship between academic performance of high school students and their respective learning and study strategies. Two hundred thirty-six high school students were recruited to participate in this study by completing a Chinese version of the Learning and Study Strategies Inventory--LASSI, to probe into the…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Foreign Countries, Academic Achievement, Study Habits
Everson, Howard T.; Weinstein, Claire E.; Laitusis, Vytas – 2000
The importance of learning and study strategies in fostering academic achievement has generated a demand for assessing these behaviors. The Learning and Study Strategies Inventory-High School version (LASSI-HS) is one of the most popular of these assessment devices. This study analyzed the second order latent structure of the inventory, using a…
Descriptors: Ability, Academic Achievement, Factor Structure, High School Students