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1 online resource |
| Contents |
Front Cover; Handbook on Student Development: Advising, Career Development, and Field Placement; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Section I: Advising; 1. Developing Strategies for Advising; Academic advising: The neglected dimension in designs for undergraduate education. Robert W. Titley and Bonnie S. Titley; An advising system for a large psychology department. Richard P. Halgin and Lucille F. Halgin; Three obstacles to improving academic consultation. john F. Kremer; A helping hand for the psychology major: The student handbook. Uwe Gielen; 2. Improving Academic Performance |
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A. Study TechniquesExpended effort and academic performance. Edward j. O'Connor, Marilyn B. Chassie, and Fay Walther; The effect of study habits, personality and order of presentation on success in an open-book objective examination. P.A. Spiers and R.O. Pihl; The effect of the study session on test performance. Michael G. Aamodt; A closer look at the study session. Michael G. Aamodt; The effects of self-management training on academic performance. Mark R. Dean, Richard W. Malott, and Barbaraj. Fulton; Crib notes in the classroom: Cheaters never win. C. Douglas Hindman |
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B. Note Taking StrategiesNote taking and note review: Why students fail questions based on lecture material. Robin j. Palkovitz and Richard K. Lore; Students' lecture notes and their relation to test performance. Linda Baker and Bruce R. Lombardi; c. Test Taking Strategies; The relationship between the time taken to complete an examination and the test score received. Clyde A. Paul and john S. Rosenkoetter; Exam-taking speed and grades. james J. johnston; Behavior during examinations: A comparison of ""A, "" ""C, "" and ""F"" students. Lucinda McClain |
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Strategies in answering essay tests. Gabriel Cirino-Gerenad. Changing Answers on Multiple Choice Tests; Staying with initial answers on objective tests: Is it a myth? Ludy T. Benjamin Jr., Timothy A. Cavell, and William R. Shallenberger; Sticking with first responses on multiple-choice exams: For better or for worse? James J. Johnston; Answer-changing behavior and grades. James J. Johnston; Switching answers on multiple-choice questions: Shrewdness or shibboleth? Nicholas F. Skinner; Item difficulty and answer changing. John B. Best |
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First impressions on tests: Some new findings. K. Anthony Edwards and Carol Marshall3. Investigating Graduate Education in Psychology; a. Admissions Variables; Advising beginning psychology majors for graduate school. Randolph A. Smith; Graduate school admission variables: An analysis of 1980-81 students. James V. Couch and James O. Benedict; Factors related to performance on the GRE advanced psychology test. Ronald H. Nowaczyk and Jerry D. Frey; Relations between admission criteria, academic performance, and professional performance. Glen E. Littlepage, David M. Bragg, and James O. Rust |
| Summary |
Because this book's main objective is to foster and promote student development, it should appeal to those who advise, counsel, and teach undergraduate and graduate students, particularly those in psychology, education, and other social sciences. Along with a plethora of stimulating ideas for practice and research, the book contains the results of research having immediate applications to students' educational and career direction needs. Readers will find more than 90 articles in this book distributed across three significant challenges to students' development: the academic, occupati |
| Notes |
Originally published in 1987 by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc |
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Title from PDF title page (viewed on Feb. 26, 2013) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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College student development programs -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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Counseling in higher education -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
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EDUCATION -- Higher.
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College student development programs
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Counseling in higher education
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Electronic books
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Handbooks and manuals
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Ware, Mark E.
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Millard, Richard J.
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| ISBN |
9781135832568 |
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1135832560 |
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1299054706 |
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9781299054707 |
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9780203728383 |
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0203728386 |
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9781135832704 |
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1135832706 |
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9781135832636 |
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1135832633 |
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