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Direct linkAlbertini, John A.; Kelly, Ronald R.; Matchett, Mary Karol – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2012
Research tells us that academic preparation is key to deaf students' success at college. Yet, that is not the whole story. Many academically prepared students drop out during their first year. This study identified entering deaf college students' personal factors as assessed by their individual responses to both the "Noel-Levitz College…
Descriptors: College Students, Grade Point Average, Time Management, Deafness
Rodriguez, David B. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Employing a non-experimental, ex-post facto design, the study examined the relationship of student demographic information and internal characteristics identified from the Learning and Study Strategies Inventory (LASSI) to student persistence, grade point average, and academic success. Cognitive Learning Theory (CLT), which focuses on the internal…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Correlation, Academic Persistence, Academic Achievement
Robinson, Claire; Gahagan, Jimmie – About Campus, 2010
Academic coaching can be a crucial step in helping students transition to college. Coaches work with students to be strategic in establishing and achieving their academic goals as well as becoming engaged on campus. At the University of South Carolina, academic coaching is defined as a one-on-one interaction with a student focusing on strengths,…
Descriptors: Study Habits, Educational Planning, Interests, Goal Orientation
Peer reviewedvan Aardt, A. M.; van Wyck, C. K. – South African Journal of Higher Education, 1996
A study at Potchefstroom University (South Africa) over two academic years investigated changes in study skills and strategies during the first year of university study, and their relationship to academic achievement. Gains in scores on the Learning and Study Strategies Inventory, administered to 306 introductory chemistry students and 201…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, College Freshmen, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedHaught, Patricia A.; Hill, Lee Ann; Walls, Richard T.; Nardi, Anne H. – Journal of the First-Year Experience & Students in Transition, 1998
In a study strategies course, 69 college freshmen were given individual profiles from the Learning and Study Strategies Inventory (LASSI) and general feedback in a group setting; half also received individualized feedback, including specific suggestions for improving LASSI performance. Students receiving the individualized feedback had higher…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Freshmen, Feedback, Higher Education
Peer reviewedPrus, Joseph; And Others – Journal of the Freshman Year Experience, 1995
A study with 317 college freshmen found that the utility of the Learning and Study Strategies Inventory to predict academic achievement, beyond that which could already be predicted by student background and entry-level variables, was quite limited. (MSE)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Freshmen, Higher Education, Learning Strategies
Download full textConfer-Owens, Vera A. – 1992
Two methods to teach study skills to underprepared college freshmen at a two-year technical institute were compared. The effectiveness of using a traditional method was compared to that of the Suggestive-Accelerative Learning Techniques (SALT) method, a holistic method that attempts to engage both sides of the brain by creating a positive learning…
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, College Freshmen, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education
