Improving Study‐skills

Abstract

This article considers four areas of research on study‐skills. The article begins by documenting the development of interest in study‐skills courses in British secondary and primary schools. It continues by examining some of the research on study‐skills courses and their components—most of which has been carried out in the context of higher education. A third section contrasts individualised study‐skills courses developing in Britain with more directed learning‐strategies courses being developed in the USA. Finally, the article concludes by suggesting some possible rapprochements between these two main approaches to devising courses in study‐skills.