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Direct linkGal Harpaz; Tal Vaizman; Yosi Yaffe – Higher Education Quarterly, 2024
The connection between grit and achievement in a variety of areas is well documented. Nevertheless, the factors that affect domain-specific academic grit and the relationship of these factors to academic achievement still require clarification. The present study aimed to explore the contribution of three main categories of variables: subjective…
Descriptors: College Students, Academic Achievement, Persistence, Resilience (Psychology)
Download full textEsen, Erol; Erbas, Melda Melidha – International Journal of Progressive Education, 2020
The aim of this study is to examine the views of the counselor candidates about preventive interventions and problem behaviors, and the use of popular productions in increasing competencies related to preventive interventions in the context of "13 Reasons Why" series. The participants of this study are senior students of Guidance and…
Descriptors: Mass Media Use, Counselor Training, Prevention, Competence
Stoessel, Katharina; Ihme, Toni A.; Barbarino, Maria-Luisa; Fisseler, Björn; Stürmer, Stefan – Research in Higher Education, 2015
Current higher education is characterized by a proliferation of distance education programs and by an increasing inclusion of nontraditional students. In this study we investigated whether and to what extent nontraditional students are particularly at risk for attrition (vs. graduating) from distance education programs. We conducted a secondary…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Distance Education, Nontraditional Students
Bista, Krishna K. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study examined associations between Asian international students' perceived quality of contact with faculty, administrative personnel and other students, and self-reported gains in areas identified in "College Students Experience Questionnaire." The sample included 705 Asian students from 25 research universities across the United…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Asians, Teacher Student Relationship, College Faculty
Lundberg, Carol A. – Journal of College Student Development, 2012
Using a sample of 2,836 students from 5 different racial/ethnic groups, this study identified the ways student engagement and institutional features predict student learning. A supportive campus environment and high academic challenge predicted learning in general education, personal development, and practical competence for all racial/ethnic…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Racial Differences, Ethnicity, Educational Experience
Krypel, Michelle N.; Henderson-King, Donna – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2010
We explored the meanings that undergraduate students make of their education and how these meanings relate to students' perceived stress, styles of coping with stress, and optimism. Participants completed a meaning of education questionnaire, the Perceived Stress Scale, the COPE (a measure of coping styles), and the Life Orientation Test-Revised.…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Coping, Stress Variables, Personality Traits
