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Starks, Gretchen – Reading Horizons, 1981
Describes a study skills program for college freshmen that was based on information obtained from older college students about the problems they had encountered as entering freshmen. (FL)
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Higher Education, Program Content, Program Descriptions
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Robyak, James E. – Personnel and Guidance Journal, 1977
Study skills deficits were reconceptualized on a knowledge and use dimension of either a general or specific nature. Each student in the program would be located on this continuum and a package developed which consisted of the appropriate mixture of techniques to increase study skills knowledge and usage. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Counseling Services, Guidance Centers, Individualized Programs
Fletcher, Lynn – 1980
A program for improving study habits and study skills of middle school students was developed. Students were selected to participate in the remedial study skills/study habits program if they were receiving grades below D in two or more academic subjects and if they evidenced average reading development or achievement. The students were tutored by…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Middle Schools, Program Descriptions, Reading Programs
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Sherman, Thomas M. – Research & Teaching in Developmental Education, 1991
Describes the procedures and results of a two-year project to improve the learning skills of first-year college students, focusing on aspects of students' daily lives and on effective study actions, strategies, and attitudes. Student achievement was higher than a comparative cohort, and differences were maintained into the second year. (DMM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Freshmen, Higher Education, Learning Motivation
Monaghan, Peter – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1995
The University of Oregon's Center for Electronic Studying investigates ways to use computers to assist college students with physical and learning disabilities for whom studying is especially difficult. Such efforts are increasingly needed because of the trend toward mainstreaming students with varied disabilities. Meeting the cost of the…
Descriptors: College Students, Computer Uses in Education, Higher Education, Information Technology
Mieux, Donna – 1993
A practicum aimed to increase academic competence in math and/or reading and to improve study skills of 27 at-risk students referred by their classroom teachers to the school resource specialist. A before-school peer and cross-age tutoring program for at-risk students was developed. Proteges were monitored on the usage of the following study…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Cross Age Teaching, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
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Smith, M. P.; Vincent, A. – Education in Chemistry, 1979
Describes a course for undergraduate students that is intended to increase their study effectiveness. The authors recognize that there are many different routes to success and that each student must develop his/her own effective method. (Author/SA)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Science, Course Content, Course Descriptions
Brown, William F.; Forristall, Dorothy Z. – 1983
The Computer-Assisted Study Skills Improvement Program (CASSIP) is designed to help students develop effective study skills and academic attitudes, thus increasing their potential for scholastic success. The program contains four integrated items: Study Skills Surveys; Study Skills Modules, Study Skills Notebook; and Study Skills Test. The surveys…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs
Dochen, Carol; Johnson, De – 1980
Over a period of three years an experimental program was conducted at Southwest Texas State University to help increase the number of successful completions of admission contract conditions by transfer students with low grade point averages. An increase in the number of students successfully meeting the required grade point average of…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Behavior Patterns, Credit Courses, Educational Research
Lum, Glen; Signor, Pauline – 1994
In addition to traditional study skills, the Master Student (MS) course at Harrisburg Area Community College (HACC), in Pennsylvania, includes subjects related to career decision making, human development, and psychology. A study was conducted to track the academic achievement, including grades, number of semesters enrolled, and total credits…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Colleges, Developmental Programs, Goal Orientation
DEERING, ALBERT R. – 1966
THIS MANUAL FOR TUTORS IN THE MOBILIZATION FOR YOUTH-NEW YORK CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION HOMEWORK HELPER PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO SUPPLEMENT THE TRAINING AND SUPERVISION THAT THE TUTORS RECEIVE FROM THE MASTER TEACHERS. THE PROGRAM EMPLOYS HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AS TUTORS FOR OTHER STUDENTS AT ALL GRADE LEVELS--ELEMENTARY, JUNIOR HIGH, AND HIGH SCHOOL.…
Descriptors: After School Education, Audiovisual Aids, Compensatory Education, Curriculum