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Abulela, Mohammed A. A.; Bart, William M. – Educational Psychology, 2021
Learning and study strategies and student engagement are key factors in achieving the intended learning outcomes. However, relatively little is known about these two concepts among Egyptian undergraduates as a function of gender (males/females) and discipline (science/humanities). This study investigates gender and discipline differences in…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Study Skills, Learner Engagement, Undergraduate Students
Tops, Wim; Glatz, Toivo; Premchand, Angie; Callens, Maaike; Brysbaert, Marc – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2020
For students to be successful in higher education, they need not only have motivation and sufficient intellectual ability, but also a wide range of study skills as well as the metacognitive ability to determine when a change in strategy is needed. We examined whether first-year undergraduates with dyslexia (N = 100) differ from peers without…
Descriptors: Study Skills, College Freshmen, Dyslexia, Students with Disabilities
Daffner, Molly S.; DuPaul, George J.; Anastopoulos, Arthur D.; Weyandt, Lisa L. – Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 2022
More students with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are pursuing higher education. Existing studies have investigated the postsecondary educational outcomes of college students with ADHD, finding that these students typically have lower academic performance and higher dropout rates than their non-ADHD peers. Far fewer studies…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Students with Disabilities, Success
Hoops, Leah D.; Yu, Shirley L.; Burridge, Andrea Backscheider; Wolters, Christopher A. – Journal of College Reading and Learning, 2015
Both community colleges and four-year institutions offer Student Success Courses (SSCs) to promote student engagement (self-regulated learning, SRL) and performance (grades, retention, and graduation). However, little work has been done to examine the holistic impact of SSC interventions or to determine which aspects of course curriculum most…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Undergraduate Students, Grades (Scholastic), Academic Persistence
Healy, Megan – ProQuest LLC, 2012
With a large global, national, state, and local drive for post-secondary credentials, higher education institutes are exploring new retention and graduation strategies to meet the needs of the employers and employees. Many students who are unprepared for college level work will enter a community college to take developmental courses. Developmental…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, College Mathematics, Community Colleges, Academic Persistence
Griffin, Richard; MacKewn, Angie; Moser, Ernest; VanVuren, Ken W. – Contemporary Issues in Education Research, 2012
Universities and colleges are very interested in understanding the factors that influence their students' academic performance. This paper describes a study that was conducted at a mid-sized public university in the mid-south, USA, to examine this issue. In this study, the 10-scale, Learning and Study Strategies Inventory (LASSI) (Weinstein et…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Learning Strategies, Measures (Individuals), Study Skills
Hicks, Maryruth Wilks – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of universally designed (UD) instruction on strategic learning in an online, interactive learning environment (ILE). The research focused on the premise that the customizable, media-based framework of UD instruction might influence diverse online learning strategies. This study…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Experimental Groups, Undergraduate Students, Time Management
Lens, Willy; Lacante, Marlies; Vansteenkiste, Maarten; Herrera, Dora – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2005
In order to understand and predict students' achievement and persistence at learning activities, many contemporary motivational models consider how much students are motivated for their school work. However, students' achievement and persistence might not only be affected by their amount of study motivation, but also by the motivation to engage in…
Descriptors: Persistence, Leisure Time, Academic Achievement, Student Motivation