Finds no difference in test scores of students who underlined a passage and students who did not underline; for those students who followed their normal study patterns, the scores of underliners were significantly lower; and increased retention of underlined material was more than offset by decreased retention of nonunderlined material. (RS)

Examined strategies reported by students during reading to develop knowledge in their area of professional training. Discovered the reading, encoding, self-regulation, and resource management strategies used most often by students, which were not sufficient to attain effective learning. Less frequently used strategies added nuances to the…

Using difficult materials, the authors attempted to improve college students' self-regulation by allowing extended study time before taking a test. The authors also examined whether background knowledge and note-taking strategies would be positively related to self-regulation. Results imply that test performance is more related to note taking and…

According to DiPerna and Elliott (2002, this issue), academic competence comprises both academic skills and academic enablers. This article describes a theoretical framework for considering the direct and indirect effects of important contexts on student performance and how these contexts change over time is described. Also, the literature…

Students completed the Approaches and Study Skills Inventory. Results suggest that small numbers of poorly attaining learners using dissonant study methods occur in a variety of educational settings. These learners are distinct from those lowly attaining ones who unreservedly use surface methods of studying and have low academic aspirations. (EV)

Explored theoretically incongruent learning patterns among subgroups of students. Students completed the Inventory of Learning Styles in the first and third trimesters. Learning patterns in the third trimester were far more dissonant than in the first trimester. (EV)

This study tried to take into account problems related to researching learning dissonance by applying qualitative research methods and carefully considering the criteria by which coherence or dissonance are diagnosed. Found very clear differences among students' study orchestrations in terms of coherence and dissonance; the orchestrations varied…

Describes effective projects that made students effectively read scientific materials in the physics content area. Suggests using trade books in science to enhance student learning of basic physics concepts and comprehension of technical reading matter. (KHR)

A cross-sectional study compared 83 entering and 39 exiting master of business administration students (either on-campus, distance, or executive cohort). All groups reported significantly higher scores upon exit for 7 of 12 learning skills. Distance students reported significantly higher scores than on-campus students on technology, quantitative,…

Describes five skill sets students must acquire to be successful in school and in life: personal management; effective studying; thinking, reasoning, and problem-solving; graphic organization; and information processing. (PKP)

A discussion of semantic mapping, a strategy to enhance comprehension and memory based on schema theory, describes the origins of the technique, research in the past decade, and procedures used to teach it. (MSE)

In an ethnographic interview study, a theory of self-regulated notetaking emerged after 4 phases of study with 252 undergraduates. How a student takes notes is determined by a long history of experience with courses, as well as student perceptions. (SLD)

Describes how computer-assisted outlining can enhance studying and learning. Illustrates how it is helpful in taking and studying notes, and in recording and synthesizing material for a report. (SR)

In two experiments involving 260 college students, the generation effect, which occurs when individuals remember materials they have generated better than materials generated by others, was studied. Results support the generation effect and indicate that it occurs in a natural setting but only for test items targeted by generating students. (SLD)

Identified strategies high school students (n=174) use in studying from textbooks and their relationships to selected environmental and personal variables. Found some students always use the same strategies whereas others study differently for different purposes. Most study longer for tests. Outlines were the most widely used study tool. (15…