It was hypothesized that students living in campus dormitories would have a significantly higher grade point average than students commuting to colleges. The population used in the study consisted of freshman students completing their first academic year during the spring of 1976, 1977, and 1978. The means of the grade point averages for each year…

The effects of four two-hour study skills seminars on study organization, study techniques, and study motivation were investigated for 1977 fall semester resident freshmen at York College of Pennsylvania. Forty-four interested volunteers were divided equally into a treatment and control group on the basis of pretest scores on the Study Techniques…