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Direct linkWillingham, Daniel T. – Educational Leadership, 2014
Researchers have asked college students how they study, and the results show that most use four inefficient strategies that do not often work: (1) reading assigned chapter, trying to understand individual sentences as he goes but not necessarily ensuring he's got the overall gist; (2) marking what he takes to be important points with a…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, College Students, Lifelong Learning, Pretesting
Carlisle, Kenneth E. – Training and Development Journal, 1985
Describes how a public service company developed a four-day course designed to evaluate trainees' learning ability and upgrade their study skills. Examines the structured group pretest of trainees' entry study skills, the benefits of being a goal-oriented trainee, the PREP (preview, read, examine, prompt) Study System, memory recall, and test…
Descriptors: Course Evaluation, Goal Orientation, Learning Strategies, Learning Theories
