Improving Study Skills by Combining a Study Skill Module and Repeated Reflection Seminars

Table 6

Results from the question “Which were the top 3 reasons that your study technique was not as good as you planned?” in the postquestionnaire and the similar question in the prequestionnaire. To summarize the results in a single number, we give the top-ranked reason 3 points, the second 2 points, and the third 1 point. Some students (17%) did not state any reason at all, 2% stated only one reason, 6% stated two reasons, and 75% stated three reasons.

Reason	Prioritizing the reason in the prequestionnaire (%)	Prioritizing the reason in the postquestionnaire (%)	Points in the prequestionnaire (%)	Points in the postquestionnaire (%)
Did not manage to try at all	46	42	15	16
Did not manage to hold on for the whole period	49	49	16	21
Lack of time	70	52	23	23
Distractions (friends, games, TV, etc.)	89	61	31	26
Lack of knowledge on how to do this	39	20	11	7
Something else	12	15	4	7