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Lawson, Christie A.; McGuire, Stephanie; Hodges, Russ; Gray, Rosianna; McGuire, Saundra Y.; Killingbeck, Mark; Segovia, Jawn – Learning Assistance Review, 2021
The decision to explicitly teach students learning strategies and skills and how to think reflectively about their learning process is framed theoretically by the literature on self-regulation, metacognition, and social-cognitive theory. Interventions for self-regulation and metacognitive strategies can optimize the student learning process and…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Reflection, Learning Strategies, Study Skills
Russ Hodges; Jonathan Lollar; Taylor Acee – Learning Assistance Review, 2022
Since the 1920s, colleges have offered how-to-study courses orientating students to the rituals of academic study. We present an historical overview of these courses by highlighting major developments including the emergence of courses that evolved from skill-based curriculum underpinned by behaviorism to strategy-based curriculum underpinned by…
Descriptors: Study Skills, Courses, Educational History, Behaviorism
Korstange, Ryan; Craig, Maxwell; Duncan, Matthew D. – Learning Assistance Review, 2019
Procrastination is common in the collegiate sphere. However, procrastination is often stigmatized as causing college students to be unsuccessful. Most students have been told not to procrastinate, but they continue to do so, implying that student procrastination will not stop. Yet, significant discontinuities exist between emerging procrastination…
Descriptors: College Students, Productivity, Academic Achievement, Intervention
Hensley, Lauren C. – Learning Assistance Review, 2020
As learning center professionals, we have much to gain by conducting assessment to understand how our services help college students develop their academic strategies. The type of data we collect makes a difference in the interpretations we can draw, however. An initial step in becoming a scholarly practitioner is to consider the strengths and…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Learning Strategies, Academic Support Services, Program Effectiveness
Just, Renee; Bruner, Daryl – Learning Assistance Review, 2020
When academic success professionals work collaboratively with faculty, we can better connect the dots between how students present in the classroom and what services are most needed to support student success. If high school students believe academic records are irrelevant, it undermines the need (incentive) to exert effort in studies and academic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Support Services, College Bound Students, Study Habits
Bird, Katherine; Oppland-Cordell, Sarah; Hibdon, Joseph – Learning Assistance Review, 2016
This paper describes the development, results, and future directions of the mathematics component of the EMERGE Summer Program at Northeastern Illinois University. Initiated summer 2014, EMERGE offered English and mathematics sessions for incoming freshmen. The mathematics session aimed to strengthen participants' mathematical foundations,…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, College Mathematics, Mathematics Education, Summer Programs
Fetner, Debra McLellan – Learning Assistance Review, 2011
Jim Valkenburg's article "Scaffolding and Tutoring Mathematics" that appeared in the Fall 2010 issue of The Learning Assistance Review (TLAR) addressed the characteristics of appropriate communication between a tutor and tutee as they approach their work together in study sessions. One strategy he examines is the use of scaffolding, a concept…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Self Efficacy, Metacognition, Tutor Training
Trammell, Jack; Bruce, Jennifer – Learning Assistance Review, 2008
The trend toward implementing models for Centers for Teaching and Learning (CTL) for academic support in higher education is gaining momentum. Whether due to external influences, such as the Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, which promotes inquiry about teaching and learning, or more related to internal forces such as…
Descriptors: Academic Support Services, Case Studies, Private Colleges, First Year Seminars

Clark-Thayer, Susan; Maxwell, Martha – Learning Assistance Review, 1996
Describes the standards and guidelines developed for learning assistance programs by the Committee for the Advancement of Standards in Higher Education (CAS), and those for program components by the National Association of Developmental Education (NADE). Suggests how they can be used to identify needs and improve existing services. (VWC)
Descriptors: Developmental Studies Programs, Educational Assessment, Educational Needs, Educational Quality

Brothen, Thomas; Wambach, Cathrine – Learning Assistance Review, 2002
Argues that demandingness, responsiveness, and self-regulation could be used to organize, explain, and predict useful techniques for developmental education practitioners. Also contends that student self-regulation is developed in demanding and supportive environments. Stresses the need for a training initiative in developmental education.…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Credit Courses, Developmental Studies Programs, Outcomes of Education

Lemire, David – Learning Assistance Review, 1998
Describes psychometric issues associated with three different learning styles models (visual, auditory, and haptic), and the instruments designed to assess those models. Presents some background to the learning styles idea along with suggestions for utilizing this information with developmental students. The learning styles instruments discussed…
Descriptors: Cognitive Measurement, Cognitive Style, Developmental Studies Programs, Educationally Disadvantaged

Boylan, Hunter R. – Learning Assistance Review, 1997
Discusses how the sources of research-based information in developmental education have increased in recent years except in the area of program evaluation. Describes the differences between program evaluation and research and argues for the need to standardize the criteria used. Concludes with a list of practical ideas for conducting program…
Descriptors: Developmental Studies Programs, Educational Assessment, Educational Development, Educational Needs

Katayama, Andrew D.; Crooks, Steven M. – Learning Assistance Review, 2001
Describes two experiments conducted to investigate the effects of notetaking format on achievement. Students constructed and studied different types of notes: partial (framework and partial notes), skeletal (framework with no notes), and control (no framework and no notes). Found that, based on an application test, students who completed and…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Computer Uses in Education, Electronic Text

Thomas, Pamela V.; Higbee, Jeanne – Learning Assistance Review, 1996
Describes the results of a study that tracked college algebra students who had previously completed an Academic Assistance mathematics course that facilitated collaborative learning. Only 53% of all students who enrolled in college algebra in fall 1994 earned grades of C or higher, but 95% of students who had previously participated in the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Algebra, College Mathematics, College Students