Describes a classroom guidance unit designed to assist middle school students in exploring their skills, habits, and attitudes related to taking examinations. By presenting appropriate test-taking habits and attitudes in a stimulating, group-oriented format, the unit offers an opportunity for students to acquire important academic skills.…

Results of a survey of 42 college students concerning their conceptions of learning, good teaching, studying, insight and understanding, and application of knowledge are discussed. (MSE)

No differences in immediate recognition performance were found for 30 undergraduate students who reorganized notes into an instructor-generated matrix versus subjects who reviewed in their typical manner. Reorganization during review resulted in relatively higher achievement on a free recall test, while unstructured review produced higher…

Notes that the literature suggests that study skills can be arranged into learner selected objectives, strategies, and habits that facilitate independent learning. Describes each of these in terms of specific skills. (FL)

This study tested Rotter's hypothesis that internals would show more achievement-striving behaviors than externals using a direct measure of such behavior. (Editor)

Research has confirmed the common belief that instructional outcomes are influenced by "extraneous variables." It is important to separate the contributions of the teacher from the contributions of extraneous factors to student learning, and that is the purpose of the IDEA system's adjusted ratings. To adjust scores on the IDEA Center's…

This paper includes a general description of the plan for investigating student work loads and gives details of the 2 studies conducted at Monash University concerning work loads in 1972. (Editor)

The wastage of student dropouts can be corrected with proper student-teacher counseling. (IR)

Students who wish to get bad grades should daydream, not read their textbooks or study manuals, avoid note taking, and procrastinate on assignments. This "manual" is used in an introductory psychology class to modify students' habits and change mediocre classroom behavior. (CS)

Briefly discusses the need for learners to develop such study skills as listening, following directions, note taking, improving memory, scheduling study time and location, and retaining concept knowledge. (JJD)