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Turner, Jeannine E.; Husman, Jenefer – Journal of Advanced Academics, 2008
In the face of shame, students may need to turn the global focus of their failures into more discrete behaviors that they can control. Instructors can facilitate this process by informing students of specific behaviors they can enact to support successful achievement, including study and volitional strategies. Students' use of multiple study and…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Learning Strategies, Student Motivation, Metacognition
Study Orientations in Different Tutoring Environments: University Language Students' First Two Years
Honkimaki, Sanna; Tynjala, Paivi – Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 2007
This study investigates the study orientations of students in a two-year follow-up in two Finnish universities that had different tutoring systems. Both universities offered tutoring of first-year students by senior students, but one also offered tutoring by staff members. The study orientations of students were assessed on the basis of their…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Tutoring, Foreign Countries, Learning Strategies
Chang, Mei-Mei – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2005
The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of self-regulated learning strategies on learners' perception of motivation within web-based instruction. In this study, self-regulated learning strategies, which were intended to assist students to self-observe and self-evaluate their effectiveness, were incorporated into a one-semester…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, Internet, Web Based Instruction, Learning Strategies
Duncan, Teresa Garcia; McKeachie, Wilbert J. – Educational Psychologist, 2005
The goal of this article is to discuss one of Paul Pintrich's more enduring legacies: the Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ), an 81-item, self-report instrument consisting of 6 motivation subscales and 9 learning strategies scales. The MSLQ has proven to be a reliable and useful tool that can be adapted for a number of…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Measures (Individuals), Learning Strategies, Learning Motivation
Reid, Robert; Lienemann, Torri Ortiz – Guilford Publications, 2006
Practical and accessible, this book provides the first step-by-step guide to cognitive strategy instruction, which has been shown to be one of the most effective instructional techniques for students with learning problems. Presented are proven strategies that students can use to improve their self-regulated learning, study skills, and performance…
Descriptors: Written Language, Study Skills, Reading Comprehension, Learning Disabilities
Harvey, Virginia Smith; Chickie-Wolfe, Louise A.; Eads, James B. – Guilford Publications, 2007
Accessible, practical, and empowering, this book gives school professionals the tools to put students in charge of their own learning. Going beyond traditional "study skills" guides that focus on the mechanics of homework completion and test taking, the authors address the underlying psychological factors that influence academic success and…
Descriptors: Independent Study, Lifelong Learning, Academic Achievement, Psychological Characteristics
Evers, Anne; Yancey, Robyn – 1992
This book of student activities is intended to be used with a text, "Keeping a Head in School," written for preadolescents and adolescents with learning disorders. It includes a variety of work sheets, puzzles, games, and checklists, to accompany the text's chapters. The first chapter has activities concerning basic concepts related to learning…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Adolescents, Attention Control
James Madison Univ., Harrisonburg, VA. Workforce Improvement Network. – 2002
This guide presents math-focused learning projects and accompanying inquiry activities to help students pass the math portion of the GED 2002. It is Volume 2 of a proposed four-volume series; Volume 1 describing the concept of the GED as project is also available. Section 1 relates GED as project to the math portion of the GED and explains how…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Algebra, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Style