NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 7 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Mason, Henry D. – Africa Education Review, 2019
This article reports on a mixed methods study that evaluated the efficacy of a study counselling intervention programme at a South African university. Quantitative data, collected by means of the Learning and Study Strategy Inventory, indicated that the study skills intervention programme brought about statistically significant improvements in…
Descriptors: Study Skills, Program Evaluation, Student Needs, Higher Education
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Albertini, 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
Hicks, Maryruth Wilks – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of universally designed (UD) instruction on strategic learning in an online, interactive learning environment (ILE). The research focused on the premise that the customizable, media-based framework of UD instruction might influence diverse online learning strategies. This study…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Experimental Groups, Undergraduate Students, Time Management
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Landrum, R. Eric; Chastain, Garvin – Journal of College Student Development, 1998
The results of college-level tutoring programs are best described as mixed. The present study was designed as an attempt to quantify the effects of being tutored at the college level. A pretest-posttest design involving the Learning and Study Strategies Inventory was used. Results support the use of tutoring. (EMK)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Higher Education, Student Personnel Services
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Ince, Elizabeth J.; Priest, Robert – Research and Teaching in Developmental Education, 1998
Describes administration of the Learning and Study Strategies Inventory (LASSI) to three groups of United States Military Academy students in order to evaluate changes in student performance as a result of taking a student-success course (RS101). LASSI measures students' affective growth upon completion of the RS101 course and their growth in…
Descriptors: Developmental Studies Programs, Educational Testing, Higher Education, Learning Strategies
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Ley, Kathryn; Young, Dawn B. – Research and Teaching in Developmental Education, 1998
States that faculty often attribute developmental students' academic difficulties to poor motivation. Investigates motivational differences between 60 developmental students and 74 regular-admission students enrolled in either a community college or a residential university. Results of t-test on motivational levels measured by the self-report…
Descriptors: College Students, Community Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs, High Risk Students
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Nist, Sherrie L.; And Others – Reading Research and Instruction, 1990
Investigates the utility and predictive validity of the Learning and Study Strategies Inventory (LASSI) as a means of measuring college students' cognitive and affective growth following a study strategies course. Finds cognitive and affective growth in both regularly admitted and developmental studies students. Finds that LASSI cannot yet be used…
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Cognitive Measurement, College Students, Developmental Studies Programs