ELaSSI: Whats It All About

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E-LaSSI Whats It All About?

• Its about YOU!

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Three components of strategic learning

• Skill
• Will
• Self-regulation

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Skill Component

• Information Processing
• Selecting Main Ideas
• Test Stragegies

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Information Processing

• How well do you connect what you are trying to
  learn with what you already know?
• Do you summarize or paraphrase reading
  assignments?
• Do you relate class presentations to knowledge
  you already had before coming to class?

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Selecting Main Ideas

• How well do you select information to study from
  less important information and supporting
  details?
• Can you identify key points in a lecture?
• Can you decide what is important to underline in
  the text?

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Test Strategies Scale

• This identifies how well you prepare for and take
  tests.
• Do you know how to study for tests in different
  types of courses?
• Do you review answers to test questions?

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Will Component

• The LASSI scales relevant to the will component
  are
• Anxiety
• Attitude
• Motivation

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Anxiety Scale

• How much do you worry about school and academic
  performance?
• Do you worry so much its hard to concentrate?
• Are you easily discouraged by low grades?

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Attitude Scale

• This assesses your attitudes and interests about
  college and academic success.
• Are you clear about your educational goals?
• Is school important or worthwhile to you?

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Motivation Scale

• This measures self-discipline, diligence and
  willingness to complete academic requirements.
• Do you stay up-to-date in class assignments?
• Do you easily give up in difficult classes?

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Self-Regulation

• Concentration
• Self-Testing
• Study Aids
• Time Management

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Concentration

• This assesses your ability to direct and maintain
  attention to school work.
• Are you easily distracted?
• Can you keep your attention on school tasks
  instead of personal problems?

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Self-Testing

• Do you review to determine whether you understand
  the information to be learned?
• Do you review frequently before a test?
• Do you stop periodically while reading to review
  the content?

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Study Aids Scale

• This assesses your use of support techniques,
  materials or resources to learn and recall new
  information.
• Do you complete practice exercises?
• Do you create or use organizational aids such as
  charts, graphs, or outlines?

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Time Management

• This assesses how well you budget time for school
  tasks.
• Are you well-organized?
• Do you think ahead to anticipate scheduling
  problems that might arise?

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• This presentation was created by Anne Solomon,
  Associate Professor of Reading, South Plains
  College, in Levelland Texas.
• The presentation is based upon the Users Manual
  for the LASSI and the LASSI Inventory, authored
  by Claire Weinstein, Ph. D., University of Texas
  at Austin, and David R. Palmer, Ph. D., Texas
  Health and Human Services Commission.