STRATEGIES FOR ACADEMIC SUCCESS: AN EARLY INTERVENTION APPROACH FOR BUILDING METACOGNITIVE SKILLS IN FIRST-YEAR UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

Abstract

Strategies for Academic Success is a co-curricular workshop for first-year undergraduates on metacognitive skills and learning strategies that aims to support students’ achievement of their learning goals. After multiple iterations, self-reported data has been collected, which allows us to examine and reflect on the learning strategies and habits that students have put into practice as a result of participating in the session, as well as whether the timing of session plays a role in determining the impacts of the content of study habits in students. In sum, we have found that certain strategies resonate more strongly with students based on whether they are entering university or have had at least one semester of university learning experience. Whereas there are broad applications for the strategies, knowing which strategies students gravitate toward relative to the student life cycle is useful for instructors and student success practitioners more generally.