The Study Skills Section and many of the units of THE LEARNING WIZARD contain the study skills measured by the LASSI Scales.
LASSI Scales |
Located in The Learning Wizard |
Attitude Scale |
Study Skills Unit 1: Setting Goals
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Motivational Scale |
Study Skills Unit 5: Perseverance |
Time Management |
Study Skills Unit 2: Study Time Available
Study Skills Unit 3: Determining Priorities
Study Skills Unit 4: Time Management |
Anxiety |
Introduction – What are the fourteen study approaches that cause learning failure?
Study Skills Unit 12: Test Preparation
Strategies
Comprehension Unit 7: Example given demonstrates by using root cause analysis it is determined test anxiety is caused by poor study strategies. |
Concentration |
Study Skill Unit 6: Procrastination
Study Skills Unit 7: Questions
Study Skills Unit 10: Retaining Information
Study Skills Unit 11: Recalling Information
All Vocabulary and Comprehension Skill units tell how to get into the study zone |
Information Processing |
Study Skills Unit 10: Retaining Information contains the one of the skills given as example – "I translate what I am studying in my own words."
The units in the Vocabulary and Comprehension Sections develop specific retention and recall strategies required for the kind of information being presented in the unit. |
Selecting Main Ideas |
Comprehension Skills Unit 2: Developing A Paragraph Outline |
Study Aids |
Units in THE LEARNING WIZARD stress using study aids found in the textbook chapters. |
Self-Testing |
The assignments in the vocabulary and comprehension unit develop self-testing. Testing yourself is mentioned several places in TLW. |
Test Strategies |
Study Skills Unit 12: Test Preparation Strategies
All of the Vocabulary and Comprehension Skills unit describe the types of test questions that measures knowledge of the type of information introduced in the unit. |