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Yue Yin; Tian Fan; Wenbo Zhao; Jun Zheng; Xiao Hu; Ningxin Su; Chunliang Yang; Liang Luo – Metacognition and Learning, 2024
Employment of appropriate study strategies is crucial for academic success. Previous findings on whether use of specific strategies is related to academic performance in real educational settings were inconsistent, and their participant samples were largely restricted to undergraduate students. The current study recruited a large sample (i.e.,…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Academic Achievement, Study Habits, Study
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Ha, Hyorim; Lee, Hee Seung – Metacognition and Learning, 2023
For successful learning, students need to evaluate their learning status relative to their learning goals and regulate their study in response to such monitoring. The present study investigated whether making metacognitive judgments on previously studied text would enhance the learning of that studied (backward effect) and newly studied text…
Descriptors: Inferences, Memory, Metacognition, Evaluative Thinking
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Evans, Bradley P.; Shively, Chris T. – Journal of Inquiry and Action in Education, 2019
A large group of eighth-grade social studies students (N=101) received instruction and practice using the Cornell note-taking system and were assigned to one of three note-taking groups or one non-note-taking group. Students were asked to read an article about persuasion and use their assigned note-taking system to take notes at home. A…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Middle School Students, Notetaking, Study Skills
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Ghavamnia, Maedeh – Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 2022
The aim of this study was to examine the effect of instruction of self-regulatory strategies on the L2 reading comprehension of Iranian EFL learners on the one hand and improve the students' self-regulated learning on the other hand. In this research, the experimental group (N=35) received instruction on self-regulatory strategies whereas the…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Aboagye, Godwin Kwame; Amponsah, Kwaku Darko; Johnson, Eugene Adjei – Cypriot Journal of Educational Sciences, 2020
This study was motivated by the desire to explore the study skills employed by science students in senior high schools (SHS) in the Cape Coast metropolis across the Central Region of Ghana. A total of 600 SHS second-year science students, 354 males, and 244 females, took part in the investigation. The study adopted a cross-sectional survey design.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Study Skills, High School Students, Gender Differences
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Rebecca Shargel; B. P. Laster – English Journal, 2016
In this article, "havruta," the dominant strategy for textual higher learning where pairs pour over texts slowly to decipher and argue about the meaning with each other, is explored as an appropriate pedagogy. The author describes how to facilitate interpersonal and textual skills in the middle school and high school classrooms. Texts…
Descriptors: Students, Cooperative Learning, Text Structure, Dialogs (Language)
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Chang, Wan-Chen; Ku, Yu-Min – Journal of Educational Research, 2015
The authors investigated the effects of a 5-week note-taking skills instructional program on note-taking and reading comprehension performance of elementary students. The participants included 349 fourth-grade students from 2 elementary schools in Taiwan. The Note-Taking Instruction group received approximately 40 min of note-taking skills…
Descriptors: Notetaking, Elementary School Students, Skill Development, Reading Comprehension
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Young, Mark R. – Journal of Marketing Education, 2016
The responsibility for knowledge acquisition is increasingly being shifted to students though the utilization of experiential learning, teamwork, online, and flipped classroom pedagogies. Students are expected to enter the classroom prepared to engage in thoughtful knowledge application activities; however, many students have not adequately…
Descriptors: Readiness, Testing, Study Skills, Learning Strategies
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Bergey, Bradley W.; Deacon, S. Hélène; Parrila, Rauno K. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2017
University students who report a history of reading difficulties have been demonstrated to have poorer word reading and reading comprehension skills than their peers; yet, without a diagnosed learning disability, these students do not have access to the same support services, potentially placing them at academic risk. This study provides a…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Reading Strategies, Grade Point Average, Scores
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Cabral, Ana Paula – Reading Matrix: An International Online Journal, 2008
This study aims to present the main aims of a study skills project developed in two main interrelated sections: diagnosis and intervention. In the diagnosis process, the used a questionnaire ("Queststud") directed to the students allowed the assessment of the comprehension/retention and writing levels of competence. On the other hand,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Study Skills, Study Habits, Reading Habits
Blachowicz, Camille; Ogle, Donna – Guilford Publications, 2008
The authors offer specific classroom practices that help K-9 students compare and evaluate print and online sources, develop vocabulary, build study and test-taking skills, and become motivated readers. The second edition reflects new research on informational literacy and academic and content-specific vocabulary development, and also discusses…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Teaching Methods
Montgomery, Paula – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 1993
Describes eight study skills and reading comprehension learning strategies involving structured patterns used to help students find meaning and understand information: (1) GLP (Guided Lecture Procedure); (2) K-W-L; (3) Qair (Question Answer Relationships); (4) RARE (Review, Answer, Read, Express); (5) ReQuest; (6) SCORER; (7) SPaRCS; and (8)…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Media Specialists, Reading Comprehension, School Libraries
Torgesen, Joseph K.; And Others – Learning Disabilities Focus, 1987
Three studies evaluated the effectiveness of using verbatim text recordings to increase learning disabled high school students' reading comprehension and learning ability. Use of the recordings did produce performance gains, especially when used in conjunction with completion of a related worksheet. (DB)
Descriptors: High Schools, Learning Disabilities, Learning Strategies, Reading Comprehension
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Hoz, Ron; Alon, Asnat – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2001
This study examined the learning tactics and knowledge representations used by five high school students with blindness while attempting to acquire information from text (presented in either Braille or audiotape). Tactics included re-reading; summarizing in writing, mentally, or orally; identifying ideas; and elaborating with mental images.…
Descriptors: Blindness, Content Area Reading, High Schools, Learning Strategies
Reid, Robert; Lienemann, Torri Ortiz – Guilford Publications, 2006
Practical and accessible, this book provides the first step-by-step guide to cognitive strategy instruction, which has been shown to be one of the most effective instructional techniques for students with learning problems. Presented are proven strategies that students can use to improve their self-regulated learning, study skills, and performance…
Descriptors: Written Language, Study Skills, Reading Comprehension, Learning Disabilities
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