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Quezia Barros Correa Uaene – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Numerous publications advocate that anxiety and depression are the key factors affecting academic performance among students, particularly those going through undergraduate studies. Observation through a dialogue with college students demonstrates with clarity the frustration and disappointment of students who report a lack of motivation and focus…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Undergraduate Students, Anxiety, Depression (Psychology)
Simonton, Dean Keith – Gifted Child Quarterly, 2020
With just one exception, all of the volumes in Terman's Genetic Studies of Genius report the results of a longitudinal study of more than a thousand intellectually gifted children. That single exception is Volume II, Cox's single-authored "The Early Mental Traits of Three Hundred Geniuses," which instead was a retrospective study of 301…
Descriptors: Gifted, Individual Characteristics, Intelligence Quotient, History
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Terras, Melody M.; Ramsay, Judith – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2015
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) offer an exciting range of opportunities to widen access and participation in education. The massive and open nature of MOOCs places the control of learning at the discretion of the learner. Therefore, it is essential to understand learner behaviour. This paper examines the psychological considerations inherent…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Open Education, Performance Factors, Barriers