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Overview of LASSI
What is the LASSI assessment and what does it measure? Nine
years of research, development, and testing led to the creation of this statistically
valid and reliable tool for the diagnosis of study skills. The LASSI is a 10-scale,
80-item assessment of students' awareness about and use of learning and study
strategies related to skill, will and self-regulation components of strategic
learning. The focus is on both covert and overt thoughts, behaviors, attitudes
and beliefs that relate to successful learning and that can be altered through
educational interventions. Research has repeatedly demonstrated that these factors
contribute significantly to success in college and that they can be learned or
enhanced through educational interventions such as learning and study skills courses.
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The LASSI provides standardized scores (percentile score equivalents)
and national norms for ten different scales (there is no total score since this
is a diagnostic measure). The LASSI is both diagnostic and prescriptive. It provides
students with a diagnosis of their strengths and weaknesses, compared to other
college students, in the areas covered by the 10 scales and it is prescriptive
in that it provides feedback about areas where students may be weak and need to
improve their knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and skills.
Use the additional menu choices of Scales, Uses, Versions,
Prices & Ordering, Samples, and Related Products at the top of this page to
learn more about this assessment.
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here to view a list of 2274 institutional users of LASSI.
Authors
The LASSI was developed at the University of Texas at Austin
by Claire E. Weinstein, Ph.D., Ann C. Schulte, Ph.D., and David R. Palmer, Ph.D.
Skill Component of Strategic Learning
The LASSI scales related to the skill component of strategic
learning are: Information Processing, Selecting Main Ideas and Test Strategies.
These scales examine students' learning strategies, skills and thought processes
related to identifying, acquiring and constructing meaning for important new information,
ideas and procedures, and how they prepare for and demonstrate their new knowledge
on tests or other evaluative procedures.
The Will Component of Strategic Learning
The LASSI Scales related to the will component of strategic
learning are: Attitude, Motivation and Anxiety. These scales measure students'
receptivity to learning new information, their attitudes and interest in college,
their diligence, self-discipline, and willingness to exert the effort necessary
to successfully complete academic requirements, and the degree to which they worry
about their academic performance.
The Self-regulation Component of Strategic Learning
The LASSI Scales related to the self-regulation component of
strategic learning are: Concentration; Time Management; Self-Testing and Study
Aids. These scales measure how students manage, or self-regulate and control,
the whole learning process through using their time effectively, focusing their
attention and maintaining their concentration over time, checking to see if they
have met the learning demands for a class, an assignment or a test, and using
study supports such as review sessions, tutors or special features of a textbook.
The LASSI can be used as:
- A basis for improving all student's learning and study strategies;
- A diagnostic measure to help identify areas in which students
could benefit most from educational interventions;
- A counseling tool for college orientation programs, developmental
education programs, learning assistance programs, and learning centers;
- A pre-post achievement measure for students participating
in programs or courses focusing on learning strategies and study skills;
- An evaluation tool to assess the degree of success of intervention
programs or courses. The LASSI is easily administered in 30 minutes and is self-scored.
Each LASSI packet includes the instrument and score interpretation information.
- A detailed user's manual is available to those administering
the inventory. It includes a history of the instrument's development, a complete
description of the ten scales included in the LASSI, a section on administration
and scoring, results of pilot and field testing, and the process used in scale
construction.
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