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Willingham, 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
Sergeant, Harold A. – 1968
The population of the study consisted of 15 high school industrial arts students, 10 freshman and sophomore college students, and 10 adults. A polysensory, self-pacing instructional system was developed which included (1) pretests and post tests, (2) a general instruction book, (3) equipment to practice arc welding, (4) programed instruction…
Descriptors: Adult Students, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Concept Teaching