Journal of College Reading and Learning articles from March 2000

Journal of College Reading and Learning archives from March 2000

Correction/Clarification to Taylor (1999).(Statistical Data Included)
March 22, 2000... The Editorial Board of the Journal of College Reading and Learning wishes to point out that the JCRL article entitled "Better Learning Through Better Thinking: Developing Students' Metacognitive Abilities" by Shawn Taylor, published in JCRL...

Patterns of Academic Procrastination.(Statistical Data Included)
March 22, 2000... Procrastination on academic work is a common problem for university students. Most students procrastinate on some academic tasks to some degree, and about a quarter of students report that they frequently procrastinate to a degree that causes...

Can LASSI Score Profiles Help Identify Postsecondary Students with Underlying Reading Problems?(Statistical Data Included)
March 22, 2000... Over the past few decades there has been an increase in the numbers of underprepared students attending colleges and universities (Abrams & Jernigan, 1984; Noel & Levitz, 1982). The challenge for postsecondary learning resource personnel is to...

Serving the Diverse Needs of Students with Disabilities Through Technology.
March 22, 2000... The passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 brings the issue of disability access to the forefront at institutions of higher education. Higher education administrators and faculty are faced with difficult decisions...

Noncognitive Predictors of Student Athletes' Academic Performance.(Statistical Data Included)
March 22, 2000... The academic performance of student athletes has been of great concern because of low graduation rates at many American colleges and universities, particularly among African Americans (Ethier, 1997; Naughton, 1996; Peoples, 1996). These...

The Presentation Assignment: Creating Learning Opportunities for Diverse Student Populations.
March 22, 2000... As educators, we are being called on to teach increasingly diverse student populations. Students enter our classrooms from varied ethnic, socio-economic and academic backgrounds. They bring with them a variety of cultural beliefs and values,...

What makes Students Succeed or Fail?: The Voices of Developmental College Students.
March 22, 2000... All students started college with low high school grades and low Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) scores. After several semesters in college, half the group was on academic probation and the other half had relatively high college Grade Point...

The Relationship Between Involvement and Success in Developmental Algebra.(Statistical Data Included)
March 22, 2000... At the University of Georgia, approximately 325 regularly admitted students per year are required to take an Academic Assistance (ACA) course in college algebra as a prerequisite for core curriculum courses in mathematics and the sciences....

Using Factual Study Questions to Guide Reading and Promote Mastery Learning by Developmental Students in an Introductory Psychology Course.
March 22, 2000... Skill at reading textbooks is clearly important for academic success. For example, a study of university teaching by Wambach (1998) found that 85% of beginning college courses required textbook reading. In his classic book on teaching,...