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Download full textHawthorne, Melissa J.; Cooper, Alisha; Chavis, Katie; Burrell, Tracey; Evans, Cay – Research in Higher Education Journal, 2021
Student success is an ongoing area of interest to educators and researchers alike. The current study seeks to expand the literature on what factors help or hinder students by examining the roles of Need for Cognition (NfC), academic motivation, and student study habits in academic success. The results indicated that NfC scores, Personal…
Descriptors: Study Habits, Academic Achievement, Cognitive Processes, Positive Attitudes
Direct linkRezazadeh, Mohsen; Zarrinabadi, Nourollah – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2023
This study investigated the relationship between need for closure and need for cognition and foreign language anxiety and enjoyment. The participants of the study were 232 EFL learners at a university in Iran. Self-report questionnaires on need for closure, need for cognition, foreign language classroom anxiety and foreign language enjoyment were…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Cognitive Processes
Bowman, Nicholas A.; Linley, Jodi L.; Weaver, Kari E. – Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 2020
To achieve many outcomes promoted by student affairs educators, students need the internal capacity to author their knowledge, identities, and relationships. This study examined the link between students' entering self-authorship capacity and their experiences and outcomes in their first and fourth years. Findings from 214 participants indicate…
Descriptors: Student Experience, Outcomes of Education, College Freshmen, College Seniors
Akpur, Ugur – Online Submission, 2017
The purpose of this study is to find out the predictive degree of university students' levels of need for cognition and metacognition on their academic achievement. A total of 253 university students formed the study group. To collect the data of the study, "The Metacognition Awareness Inventory" (MAI) and "The Need for Cognition…
Descriptors: College Students, Metacognition, Academic Achievement, Cognitive Processes
Neigel, Alexis R.; Behairy, Saif; Szalma, James L. – Journal of Cognitive Education and Psychology, 2017
The need for cognition and motivation are related to performance in school and standardized tests. In this study, 422 students completed a battery of individual difference measures and reported their scores on the American College Testing (ACT) exam, Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT), high school grade point average (GPA), major GPA, and overall…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Motivation, Academic Achievement, Schemata (Cognition)
Warden, David N; Myers, Charlsie A. – College Student Journal, 2017
The relationship between domain-specific nonintellective variables and academic achievement among nontraditional students was explored to address uninvestigated factors and clarify distinctions between nontraditional and traditional student achievement. College students (nontraditional n = 72, traditional n = 67) completed an online survey…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Students, Student Characteristics, Academic Achievement, College Students
