First year university undergraduates' academic experience have always been an interesting topic of study. The main objective of the study was to seek a better understanding on the level of self-directed, resilience, and online study skills among first year undergraduates toward online distance learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. A total of 159…

This study focuses on the undergraduate mathematics students' perceptions and applied techniques for the preparation for their final examination in Abstract Algebra. The results of this study suggest that the revision for the final examination involves, firstly, the review of the lecture notes, followed by the solution of the coursework together…

This study aims to reveal the views of prospective teachers, who study at the faculty of education, on learning responsibility. This study is performed on the basis of the basic qualitative research method. The study group of the research is composed of a total of 48 prospective teachers whose views are received on a voluntary basis and who are…

Despite the passage of laws aimed at increasing access and equitable opportunities for students with disabilities in postsecondary education, issues related to disability continue to be rarely discussed in topics related to diversity, inclusion, and educational reform. Disability represents not only an immensely diverse section of the general…

The Future Skills Report about the future of learning and higher Education (Ehlers & Kellermann, 2019) defines a variety of skills in which the active learner plays a central role. Starting from this perspective, our idea is to promote future skills with a digital data-driven study assistant for. As a theoretical foundation research about…

When learners highlight or tag content, they metacognitively monitor information to select and mark it. From a levels-of-processing framework, standards used in metacognitive monitoring could affect learning. We examined effects on recall and transfer of different metacognitive standards -- free highlighting expressing a generic…

The purpose of this proposal was to identify the types of distractions college students face while completing academic tasks. Additionally, we were interested in how students attributed the underlying causes of their distractions and the types of strategies they utilized to minimize distractions. We conducted qualitative methods whereby we…

This study on college student success examines factors students attribute toward improving their academic performance in college. Open coding, content analysis, and analytic induction methods were used to examine responses from 478 undergraduate students at an R-1 highly active, public research university in the southeastern region of the US. The…

The virtual Chemistry classroom is a learning environment for students that are willing to study Chemistry, but have no opportunity to do so at school. The program launched in 2015, and currently, there are 22 students in the 11th grade and 80 students in the 10th grade. This study investigates and characterizes the virtual learning environment,…

Background: It is known that success of a student is affected by the skills of motivation, time management. Studies have showed that there is positive relationship between academic achievement and study skills of a student. Purpose: It is thought that study skills of learners should be defined to be more successful on teaching-learning process.…

In this conceptual analysis, the term study skill was used to denote a field of inquiry or a group of phenomena. The basis for the meaning given to the term was the understanding of the common meaning of skill modified by the word study. The term skill refers to the activity by which a task is performed. Further it refers to the quality of that…

Test management systems are suggested for individualizing the teaching of reading in the elementary classroom. Test management systems start with a list of objectives or specific goals which cover all or some major areas of the learning to read process. They then develop a large number of criterion referenced tests which match the skill areas at…

The T-Note system is an easy way for students to take notes, is organized for effective review, and is adaptable because it provides a system for recording five types of information typically presented in the classroom. The student first divides a single loose-leaf notebook page vertically down the middle, and horizontally about one or two inches…

The ability to follow directions is a survival skill in today's society, but because many teachers have received little training in how to give clear directions they tend to provide little classroom instruction in how to follow directions. There appear to be four major hindrances to following directions: (1) the directions were either not read or…

A method for taking structured notes from textbooks uses a set of forms applicable to the texts in almost any content area. The two major goals of this method are using all parts of the textbook chapter and placing all parts of a chapter in context. The structured notes both focus on the content and force the students to synthesize and paraphrase.…