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Download full textAagaard, Lola; Conner, Timothy W., II; Skidmore, Ronald L. – Online Submission, 2010
It has been reported (Lei, Barlett, Gorney, & Herschbach, 2010; Sikorski et al., 2002) that only a minority of college students actually read the course textbook or other assigned readings in preparation for examinations. Suggested strategies to remedy this situation include quizzes (Ruscio, 2001; Ryan, 2006), study worksheets (Aagaard &…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Textbooks, Assignments, Electronic Publishing
Aagaard, Lola; Skidmore, Ronald L. – Online Submission, 2009
It has been reported (Aagaard & Skidmore, 2004; Sikorski et al., 2002) that only a minority of college students actually read the course textbook in preparation for examinations. Although professors widely lament students' propensity to ignore the carefully chosen textbooks, research specifically investigating why this phenomenon occurs is…
Descriptors: Assignments, Textbooks, Undergraduate Students, Semi Structured Interviews
Skidmore, Ronald L.; Aagaard, Lola; Conner, Timothy W., II – Online Submission, 2011
The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between student beliefs regarding instructor-imposed activities to encourage student use of course textbooks and Life Orientation (i.e., dispositional optimism or pessimism). A convenience cluster sample (n = 105) was obtained from students taking summer classes at a regional state…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Student Attitudes, Textbooks, Teacher Influence
