The effect of teaching stress management techniques to elementary school children to enhance time-on-task behavior was studied. Results are discussed. (Author/DF)

Investigated ways students study texts, distinguishing between deep-level and surface-level approaches and extent to which approaches can be related to students' views on learning and quality of learning outcome. Found that higher quality learning outcome must be especially associated with deep-level approach and constructive learning conception.…

This booklet presents parents with 10 "easy and fun" tips for making homework as beneficial as possible for their children and to develop in their children a good attitude about homework. The 10 tips are: make your expectations clear; find the right spot; make time; monitor your child's progress; encourage good habits; support and be available;…

Results suggest that the strategy of deliberately concentrating one's study activities on the less well mastered segments of materials to be learned, like other elementary memory strategies (e. g., rote rehearsal), cannot automatically be assumed to be part of a young child's repertoire of learning techniques. (Authors)

In terms of examination performance there are no significant differences between users and non-users of mnemonics. This finding does not, therefore, support the view that the use of mnemonics is beneficial to examination performance. (Author)

Study evaluates certain common uses of the Brown-Holtzman Survey of Study Habits and Attitudes (SSHA) in a college-level educational skills course. (Authors/MB)

The purpose of this investigation was to test the efficacy of a study method which was designed to reduce or eliminate verbal learning differences between high and low learning ability Ss. (Authors)

An alternative to homogeneous grouping, involving direct assessment of academic productivity and pre-training for group work, is illustrated by two experiments which used contingency management techniques to develop and maintain high rates of academic productivity in a group of two boys with school adjustment problems and in a larger group. (KW)

A look at the studying processes of English college students who are being taught by BBC instructional programs and supplementary materials. (LS)

The use of audiotapes in an external degree program in psychology at Massey University, their effectiveness, and helpful study habits are examined. A model listening sequence using the tapes on different occasions for different learning tasks is outlined. (MSE)

The transition from school to university is most usefully seen in terms of cultural adjustment. Language, which is perhaps the most potent and tangible expression of culture, is both the biggest obstacle to successful integration into an alien culture and the most powerful means for unlocking it. (HOD)

A study of 66 university students who studied a chapter, rated the way they studied, and completed two tests on the chapter indicates that the self-report method appears to be a reasonable way to monitor what subjects are doing and undergoing when they are studying. (Author/CM)