Measuring study habits in Higher Education: the way forward?

A Yeghiazarian; E D Fitkov-Norris

Measuring study habits in Higher Education: the way forward?

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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
Article number	012022
Journal	Growth, Development and Aging
Volume	459
Issue number	1
Publication status	Published - 4 Sept 2013

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Note: Published version of:Fitkov-Norris, Elena and Yeghiazarian, Ara (2013) Measuring study habits in higher education : the way forward? In: 2013 Joint IMEKO (International Measurement Confederation) TC1-TC7-TC13 Symposium: Measurement Across Physical and Behavioural Sciences; 4-6 Sep 2013, Genoa, Italy.

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Measuring study habits in Higher Education: the way forward?

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