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University of Northern Iowa

1985

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The Effects Of A Study Strategies Course On College Students' Academic Performance, Melanie L. Mccalley Jan 1985

The Effects Of A Study Strategies Course On College Students' Academic Performance, Melanie L. Mccalley

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This study was undertaken to determine whether the completion of a study strategies course had an effect on college students' grade point averages and attrition rate. The 50 experimental subjects were freshmen students at the University of Northern Iowa enrolled (during the fall semester of 1985) in "Effective Study Strategies", a non-credit six-week course offered by the Office of Learning and Instruction. A comparison group of 50 freshmen students, also from fall semester, 1985, and who did not take the study strategies course, were matched to each of the 50 experimental students on the basis of gender, ACT composite scores, …