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This research aims to evaluate whether a self-reflective intervention improves students' academic performance through effective resource use.

Strategic Resource Use for Learning: A Self-Administered Intervention That Guides Self-Reflection on Effective Resource Use Enhances Academic Performance

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Randomized trial shows self-reflective intervention improves academic performance in college students, suggesting effective resource use matters.

This research aims to evaluate whether a self-reflective intervention improves students' academic performance through effective resource use.
Designed a self-administered online intervention for strategic resource use in a college statistics class.
Cohorts were randomly assigned to treatment or control conditions before exams.
Students in the treatment condition strategized their resource usage for studying.
Students using the intervention reported increased self-reflection about their learning.
Students outperformed control peers by an average of one third of a letter grade.
The intervention led to more effective resource utilization during the course.

Chen et al. (2017) studied this question.

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Randomized trial shows self-reflective intervention improves academic performance in college students, suggesting effective resource use matters.