Boys put off schoolwork less after a group course on study skills
Who it’s about: Students
- Helped
Boys who had 12 group sessions on planning and checking study put off schoolwork less than boys in regular classes.
- Action: Learn better study strategiestested
- Action: Track your progresstested
- Rule: Practise with a groupused
Small randomised trial of 60 secondary-school boys in Tabriz, Iran · vs boys who had only regular classes · they rated themselves · ⚠ whole groups were assigned, not people; results look too good to be true; numbers unreliable
The study
Who took part
60 boys aged 16 to 18 at secondary school in Tabriz, Iran. They were picked for feeling very sure or very unsure of themselves as students, and split into four groups of 15. They weren't chosen for putting things off.
What they did
Two groups had 12 group sessions of about 90 minutes over two months. They learned ways to study, plan, check their own progress, organise material, reward themselves and manage their time. The other two groups just had their regular classes.
What happened
At the end, boys who took the course rated themselves as putting off schoolwork less than boys in regular classes. The reported effects are so large they are hard to believe, and some numbers don't add up, so we can't give sizes. Whole classes, not single boys, were put into groups.
Source
اثربخشی بستة آموزشی خودتنظیمی فراشناختی بر مؤلفههای اهمالکاری تحصیلی (با نقش تعدیلی خودپندارة تحصیلی) (2020)
DOI: 10.22034/jei.2020.103566 (opens in a new tab)Tools in this study
Action5
Learn better study strategiesLearn techniques for rehearsing, organising and checking your understanding of study material.
