Journal of College Reading and Learning articles from March 2004

Journal of College Reading and Learning archives from March 2004

What do first-year students need most: learning strategies instruction or academic socialization?
March 22, 2004... This paper presents an analysis of two common seminar formats: those based on learning-strategies interventions and those based on academic-socialization interventions. The results of a natural experiment allowed a comparison of the retention...

"I'm not doing as well in this class as I'd like to": exploring achievement motivation and personality.
March 22, 2004... This study looked at the relationship of explanatory style and self-systems (including self-esteem and self-efficacy) and the motivation (expectations for success and task value) of students who were dissatisfied with their performance in a...

Self-monitoring strategies used by developmental and non-developmental college students.
March 22, 2004... This study examined self-monitoring strategies used by both developmental and non-developmental college students. Students were asked to describe how they know when they have completed a reading assignment, have studied enough for a quiz, and...

Assessing our commitment to providing a multicultural learning experience.
March 22, 2004... This article provides the quantitative results of a study undertaken by a developmental education program within a large public urban research university to explore the extent to which employees perceive that they themselves and the program as...

Genre, medium, and learning to write: negotiating identities, enacting school-based literacies in adulthood.
March 22, 2004... Writing instruction in the United States now routinely takes place in networked environments. For adult learners in open admissions institutions, the literacy demands of the academic sphere and the public nature of the acts of writing in...