University of St.

La Salle
La Salle Avenue, Bacolod City
Email: uslslawjournal@gmail.com

12 December 2014

Dear USLS Law Student:

The University of St. La Salle College of Law will publish a Law Journal for Academic Year 2014-2015.
A section of the journal will feature self-help articles for the law students and we are asked to write a piece on popular study techniques employed
by law students of USLS. In order to keep our write-ups objective, the Law Journal team has formulated a survey instrument to collect the
necessary data. We hope you can extend help by answering the attached questionnaire accordingly. Your participation will be highly appreciated.
Sincerely,
MARIA REYLAN M. GARCIA
ARVEN MENDOZA
JOSE LUIS GUATELARA

Popular Study Techniques Employed by USLS Law Students

Name (optional):
_______________________________________
Year Level: ___ 1st ___2nd ___3rd ___4th

Study Techniques

Highlighting/underlining
Summarization (Making
Notes/Outlining)
Explanation/Discussion (with
self)
Explanation/Discussion (with
group)
Distributed practice (studying

material over several short sessions)

Key word/ mnemonic

Rereading
Practice Testing
Relating new information to
known information
Elaborative interrogation
(making an explanation why an

explicitly stated fact or concept is

true)

Others: (please specify)

What is/are the study

techniques you
frequently use in Law
School?
Select all that apply.

Number of hours spent for study (daily):

____less than 3 hours
____3-5
____5-7
____8 or more
Rate the effectiveness of your selected study
technique/s from 0-10, with 10 being the
highest.
Encircle the number.

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Why do you subscribe to your

selected study technique/s?
(i.e. Convenience? Benefits?
Because everyone else is using
it?)

University of St. La Salle

La Salle Avenue, Bacolod City
Email: uslslawjournal@gmail.com

Efficiency of Recommended Flow of Study (Codal -Textbook-Case)

Which among the following patterns of study do you usually use? Check the box provided.
1.

Codal Textbook Case

2.

Case Codal Textbook

3.

Textbook Case Codal

4.

Codal Alone

5.

Codal Textbook

6.

Textbook Alone

7.

Textbook Case

8.

Others (please specify: __________________)

Teacher-based Student Study / Preparation

Check the corresponding box for your answer.

How much effort do you put

into studying for a subject?

Do not
study

Slight
Effort

Regular
Effort

Additional
Effort

Best
possible
effort

If the professor requires studying by

having a graded recitation and/or quiz

If the professor requires studying just for

class discussions only with nothing
graded
If there would be no recitation except
for questions and clarifications to be
asked by students regarding the lesson