Self-questioning, summarizing, and review of lecture notes were compared as strategies for learning from lectures for 56 underprepared college students. Subjects were randomly assigned to self-questioning (19 students), summarizing (19 students), and notetaking-review (18 students) conditions. Self-questioners performed better than summarizers and…

Many college students are paying others to attend lecture classes and take notes, a practice that angers many professors and caused one university to sue a note-taking company over copyrights. Although students and some faculty say the notes are helpful in large, impersonal classes, others say they encourage poor attendance. (MSE)

An investigation of the effects of integrative and instrumental motivation on the learning of French/English vocabulary demonstrated that both types of motivation facilitated learning, and that computer administration of an attitude/motivation test battery did not detract from the internal consistency reliability of the subscales. (19 references)…

Examined study time and recall on the part of learning-disabled and nondisabled children of five ages. Children performed a task requiring recall of digits that were presented at the child's own rate. Recall and study time increased with age and were higher in nondisabled children. (SH)

The concept of study orchestration, a contextualized approach to study skills/habits for individuals and groups of students, is discussed as it relates to college student learning. Individual differences and characteristics are considered, particularly as they are sensitive to study context and concern intervention for students at risk…

Comparison of 224 Pennsylvania secondary agricultural education students with a national sample showed that (1) the Pennsylvania students' cognitive skills were less developed; (2) their preferred responses to information were auditory and emotive; (3) small group and hands-on were preferred environments; and (4) they were less likely to prefer…

The psychometric properties of the Learning and Study Strategies Inventory-High School (LASSI-HS) was studied with 139 female high school students from Singapore. Results indicate that the LASSI-HS yields reliable measures of learning and study behaviors, but the underlying structure of the measure suggested in its manual was not supported. (SLD)

This interview, with one of the most influential professors in the field of developmental education and study skills, reviews the state of reading study skills as they apply to college students. Also discusses the new sixth edition of his book, "How to Study in College." (SL)

Studied whether higher rates of clinical depression found among Korean adolescents than U.S. adolescents were related to Korea's highly competitive college entrance examinations. Results from 56 Korean and 62 U.S. high school students suggest that the effect of the college examination in generating depression in Korean adolescents may be partly…

A short version of the Approaches to Studying Inventory administered to 169 college psychology students in early semester revealed that scores for meaning orientation did not predict academic performance in any way, whereas there was a very small negative correlation between reproducing orientation and academic achievement. Internal reliability of…

Students who received higher grades in videotaped agriculture courses (of a total population of 143) spent less time studying, more time viewing tapes, were more field independent, and viewed tapes as they were received instead of as time permitted. (SK)

Examined essay-writing tactics ("rules of the game"), cheating behaviors, and approaches to studying in British psychology students. Found widespread occurrence of essay tactics and cheating, with a positive correlation between them. Essay tactics correlated positively with a deep approach to studying and fear of failure, while cheating…

To investigate whether undergraduates' study skills are related to academic locus of control, self-perception, and social interdependence, 154 students completed four measures of these attributes. Results showed that students with the best study skills tended to have an internal academic locus of control, more individualistic tendencies, higher…

Of 218 students enrolled in off-campus agriculture courses, 110 received a videotape and bookmark of learning strategies. Compared with 108 controls, the video group did not have higher grades or more positive attitudes toward distance learning. (Contains 15 references.) (SK)

Providing an incentive to make procrastinators study by giving a test on each chapter was compared with providing a learning strategy by requiring students to outline each chapter, with 82 students classified by level of procrastination. There was an advantage of almost 12% for the test condition among high procrastinators. (SLD)