Date of Award
12-1987
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Psychology
First Advisor
Dr. Richard W. Malott
Second Advisor
Dr. Jack Michael
Third Advisor
Dr. Dale Brethower
Access Setting
Masters Thesis-Open Access
Abstract
This was a study of the effects of academic-point incentives on the use of study skills by thirty high-risk undergraduate students. The students completed a four-session study-skills training program consisting of time management, concentration and memory, note taking, and test taking. They contracted to accomplish tasks specified weekly according to their class syllabus using special forms that specified the targeted study skills. The mean use of the study skills was 95.8% when points were given and decreased to 38% when points were withdrawn; but the use of study skills increased to 98.9% when points were again given.
Recommended Citation
Almasri, Afnan Ma'rouf, "Academic-Point Incentives and College-Student Use of Study Skills" (1987). Masters Theses. 1237.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses/1237