The Three Components of the LASSI

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.