Measuring study habits in higher education: the way forward?

Elena Fitkov-Norris; Ara Yeghiazarian

Measuring study habits in higher education: the way forward?

Elena Fitkov-Norris
, Ara Yeghiazarian

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Abstract

This article reviews existing study habit measurement instruments and discusses their drawbacks, in the light of new evidence from neuroscience on the workings of the brain. It is suggested that in addition to traditional frequency based past behavioural measures, the predictive accuracy of study habit measurement instruments could be improved by including measures of habit strength that take into account behaviour automaticity and efficacy, such as the Self-Report Habit Index (SRHI) developed by [1]. The SRHI has shown high reliability and internal validity in a wide range of contexts and its applicability and validity in the context of learning and higher education as an enhancement to study habit measurement instruments is as yet to be tested.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Published in: Battista Rossi, Giovanni, Crenna, Francesco and Belotti, Vittorio, (eds.) Journal of Physics: Conference Series. Volume 459, no. 012022. IOP Publishing. 2013 Joint IMEKO (International Measurement Confederation) TC1-TC7-TC13 Symposium: Measurement Across Physical and Behavioural Sciences, 4-6 September 2013, Genoa, Italy
Editors	Giovanni Battista Rossi, Francesco Crenna, Vittorio Belotti
Publisher	IOP Publishing
Publication status	Published - Sept 2013

Bibliographical note

Note: Published in: Battista Rossi, Giovanni, Crenna, Francesco and Belotti, Vittorio, (eds.) Journal of Physics: Conference Series. Volume 459, no. 012022. IOP Publishing. 2013 Joint IMEKO (International Measurement Confederation) TC1-TC7-TC13 Symposium: Measurement Across Physical and Behavioural Sciences, 4-6 September 2013, Genoa, Italy

Keywords

Applied mathematics

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Measuring study habits in higher education: the way forward?
Fitkov-Norris, E. & Yeghiazarian, A., Sept 2013.
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Fitkov-Norris, E., & Yeghiazarian, A. (2013). Measuring study habits in higher education: the way forward? In G. Battista Rossi, F. Crenna, & V. Belotti (Eds.), Published in: Battista Rossi, Giovanni, Crenna, Francesco and Belotti, Vittorio, (eds.) Journal of Physics: Conference Series. Volume 459, no. 012022. IOP Publishing. 2013 Joint IMEKO (International Measurement Confederation) TC1-TC7-TC13 Symposium: Measurement Across Physical and Behavioural Sciences, 4-6 September 2013, Genoa, Italy IOP Publishing. http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/459/1/012022

Fitkov-Norris, Elena ; Yeghiazarian, Ara. / Measuring study habits in higher education : the way forward?. Published in: Battista Rossi, Giovanni, Crenna, Francesco and Belotti, Vittorio, (eds.) Journal of Physics: Conference Series. Volume 459, no. 012022. IOP Publishing. 2013 Joint IMEKO (International Measurement Confederation) TC1-TC7-TC13 Symposium: Measurement Across Physical and Behavioural Sciences, 4-6 September 2013, Genoa, Italy. editor / Giovanni Battista Rossi ; Francesco Crenna ; Vittorio Belotti. IOP Publishing, 2013.

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Measuring study habits in higher education: the way forward? / Fitkov-Norris, Elena; Yeghiazarian, Ara.
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Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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