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Motivation and Learning Strategies for College Success: A Self-Management Approach

By: Myron H. Dembo | Book details

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Subject Index

A
Abbreviations, 170
Academic problems, 8, 225-226
strategies for solving, 232-233
Academic self-management, 1, see also Self-management
Achievement causes of low, 7-9
Acronyms, 35
Analogies, 36-37
Annotation, 149-150
Anxiety,
dimensions of, 55, 58
effects of, 55-56
and relaxation, 88-89
reporting of, 251-252, 254-255
self-observation of, 82
and self-talk, 11
and transcendental mediation, 90
Attention, 125-131
and concentration, 125
and distracters, 127
factors influencing, 127
in information processing system, 28
procedures for improving, 127-129, 131
self-observation of, 127
Attributions, 53-54, 56-57, 63, 124

B
Behavior change, 8-23
methods of, 17-21
Beliefs, 7, 22-23, 124, 136
challenging, 113-114
Bits and pieces approach, 113
Boredom, 54-55, 128

C
Charts, 177-228
Checklists, 230-231
Chunking, 29
Classroom environment, 47-48
Cognitive perspective of learning and motivation, 2
Concentration (also see Attention) control of, 13-14
monitoring of, 129
Course demands, 24-25

D
Diagrams, 155-156
Diaphragmatic breathing, 89
Distracters, 10
Distributive practice, 34

E
Elaboration strategies, 35-37, 40
Encoding, 27
Exams
assessment of, 183-184
essay, 193, 206-209
key words in, 207-208
procedures for answering, 214
reviewing results of, 209, 216-217
time management for, 208
MI-in-the-blank, 203-204
learning from, 199

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