Learning strategies in high school and first year in college

Abstract

Due to the different academic demands on students between high school and college, high school students transitioning to college often experience unanticipated academic difficulty. One consistent factor for academic success in high school and college is an effective use of learning strategies. However, given the varying academic demands, it is not clear how consistently students engage in the effective use of learning strategies across these two environments. The stability of these learning strategies across these two domains is relatively unknown. The research questions for this study are 1. Does the use of learning strategies change from high school to the first year in college? 2. Do individual students change their learning strategy use after entering college? 3. Is an institution's academic environment associated with individual students' leaning strategy use?