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Download full textSchmitt, Maribeth Cassidy – 1989
A study investigated the effects of the motivational variables of attribution and self-efficacy on the continued use of successfully learned strategies which promote independent learning from text. The subjects consisted of 11 freshmen and sophomore students participating in a two-week workshop on learning strategies which included a study project…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Learning Motivation, Learning Processes, Learning Strategies
Maxwell, Martha J. – 1966
Studies in two areas of college reading research and their implications for secondary reading teachers are discussed: (1) the effectiveness of reading machines and (2) the effectiveness of techniques recommended for student use. Several studies evaluating the effectiveness of reading machines are reviewed, and weaknesses of research in this area…
Descriptors: Eye Movements, High Schools, Junior High Schools, Learning Motivation
Linderholm, Tracy – Journal of College Reading and Learning, 2006
In college-level courses, the vast majority of students read expository textbooks with a primary purpose in mind: to memorize and, hopefully, understand enough information to receive a particular grade on a course exam. Intuitively, this kind of reading is different than the kind of reading that these same students do when reading a novel while…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Memorization, Reading Comprehension, Reading Strategies
Peer reviewedNolen, Susan Bobbitt; Haladyna, Thomas M. – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1990
A model of personal and environmental influences on students' valuing of two deep-processing strategies for studying expository texts is described. Questionnaire data from 281 high school science students indicated that students' task orientation and perceptions about teacher expectations were central to students' attitudes. (TJH)
Descriptors: Environmental Influences, Expository Writing, High School Students, High Schools
