Approach To Learning Self-assessment

Reviewed by Editorial Team
The ProProfs editorial team is comprised of experienced subject matter experts. They've collectively created over 10,000 quizzes and lessons, serving over 100 million users. Our team includes in-house content moderators and subject matter experts, as well as a global network of rigorously trained contributors. All adhere to our comprehensive editorial guidelines, ensuring the delivery of high-quality content.
Learn about Our Editorial Process
| By Mmcnown
M
Mmcnown
Community Contributor
Quizzes Created: 1 | Total Attempts: 3,203
| Attempts: 3,204 | Questions: 20 | Updated: Jun 21, 2025
Please wait...
Question 1 / 20
0 %
0/100
Score 0/100

1. When I am reading I stop from time to time to reflect on what I am trying to learn from it.

Submit
Please wait...
About This Quiz
Approach To Learning Self-assessment - Quiz

This self-assessment uses questions from the ASSIST questionnaire, which was revised by Entwistle, McCune, and Tait (2013). The self-assessment asks you to indicate your relative agreement or disagreement with comments about studying. Most of the items are based on comments made by other students. Please respond truthfully, so that... see moreyour answers will accurately describe your actual ways of studying. Work through the comments, giving your immediate response. Please answer all of the questions.
Try not to answer with unsure unless you really have to. see less

2. I sometimes get 'hooked' on academic topics and feel I would like to keep on studying them.

Submit

3. It's important for me to be able to follow the argument, or to see the reason behind things.

Submit

4. When I have finished a piece of work, I check it through to see if it really meets the requirements.

Submit

5. I like to play around with ideas of my own even if they don't get me very far.

Submit

6. Before tackling a problem or assignment, I first try to work out what lies behind it.

Submit

7. Some of the ideas I come across on the course I find really gripping. (Note: gripping means it holds your interest or attention).

Submit

8. Before starting work on an assignment or exam question, I think first how best to tackle it.

Submit

9. When I read, I examine the details carefully to see how they fit in with what's being said.

Submit

10. Ideas in course books or articles often set me off on long chains of thought of my own.

Submit

11. I usually set out to understand for myself the meaning of what we have to learn.

Submit

12. I find that studying academic topics can be quite exciting at times.

Submit

13. Often I find myself questioning things I hear in lectures or read in books.

Submit

14. When I'm working on a new topic, I try to see in my own mind how all the ideas fit together.

Submit

15. I think about what I want to get out of a course to keep my studying well focused.

Submit

16. When I'm reading an article or book, I try to find out for myself exactly what the author means.

Submit

17. Regularly I find myself thinking about ideas from lectures when I'm doing other things.

Submit

18. I try to relate ideas I come across to those in other topics or other courses whenever possible.

Submit

19. I look at the evidence carefully and try to reach my own conclusion about what I'm studying.

Submit

20. I go over the work I've done carefully to check the reasoning and that it makes sense.

Submit
View My Results
Cancel
  • All
    All (20)
  • Unanswered
    Unanswered ()
  • Answered
    Answered ()
When I am reading I stop from time to time to reflect on what I am...
I sometimes get 'hooked' on academic topics and feel I would...
It's important for me to be able to follow the argument, or to see...
When I have finished a piece of work, I check it through to see if it...
I like to play around with ideas of my own even if they don't get...
Before tackling a problem or assignment, I first try to work out what...
Some of the ideas I come across on the course I find really gripping....
Before starting work on an assignment or exam question, I think first...
When I read, I examine the details carefully to see how they fit in...
Ideas in course books or articles often set me off on long chains of...
I usually set out to understand for myself the meaning of what we have...
I find that studying academic topics can be quite exciting at times.
Often I find myself questioning things I hear in lectures or read in...
When I'm working on a new topic, I try to see in my own mind how...
I think about what I want to get out of a course to keep my studying...
When I'm reading an article or book, I try to find out for myself...
Regularly I find myself thinking about ideas from lectures when...
I try to relate ideas I come across to those in other topics or other...
I look at the evidence carefully and try to reach my own conclusion...
I go over the work I've done carefully to check the reasoning and...
play-Mute sad happy unanswered_answer up-hover down-hover success oval cancel Check box square blue
Alert!