Web LASSI in Our Student Success Program
by Annecy Baez, Ph.D.,
The Counseling and Personal Development Center
Lehman College/City University of New York

The LASSI was first used during the 2005-2006 academic year to assist students towards achieving their academic goal. It was part of our Student Success Program at the Counseling and Personal Development Center. The Student Success Program incorporates the following: a LASSI screening, study skills counseling and participation in our student success workshops.

Students learned about our study skills counseling through our newsletter, flyers, student success workshop, or faculty referral. Once a student was referred, they attended one to three study skills counseling sessions. The first session focused on administration and review of the LASSI results and the second and third session focused on developing a plan of action for improving areas that required remediation. Many of our students also completed the online LASSI modules (Becoming a Strategic Learner) or were referred to our study skills workshops and tutoring. If the student needed personal counseling to assist them in clarifying personal and academic concerns, then the student was referred to a personal counselor.

Students reported positive benefits from taking the LASSI and attending our study skills counseling sessions. The LASSI was easy to administer online, and provided quick results that could be immediately reviewed with the students. In addition, the students enjoyed the ability to use the online educational module as a supplement to the individual work they were doing in study skills counseling. Students were thankful for the services offered at the Counseling and Personal Development Center, they reported using many of the strategies learned and persisting towards the next semester because of this intervention. We will continue using the LASSI this coming academic year.

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