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Segundo Salatiel Malca-Peralta; Rosa Marilú Velarde Ruiz; Hilda Raquel Alarcón Lescano – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2024
Introduction: The objective of the present study was to determine if emotional intelligence and family stress are predictors of satisfaction with studies in university students. Method: Cross-sectional predictive study with a quantitative approach. The population was made up of 414 university students of both sexes who applied the TMMS-24…
Descriptors: Emotional Intelligence, College Students, Stress Variables, Predictor Variables
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Millicent Musyoka; Raymond Doe – Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, 2024
Graduate Records Examinations (GRE) remain an important criterion for admission to the graduate program. This study explored the predictive role of the GRE for college success among deaf students because most deaf and hard-of-hearing students experience lifelong difficulties in English language and literacy because of their different language…
Descriptors: Graduate Study, College Entrance Examinations, Predictor Variables, Academic Achievement
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Robison, Matthew K.; Brewer, Gene A. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2022
The present study examined individual differences in 3 cognitive abilities: attention control (AC), working memory capacity (WMC), and fluid intelligence (gF) as they relate the tendency to experience task-unrelated thoughts (TUTs) and the regulation of arousal. Cognitive abilities were measured with a battery of 9 laboratory tasks, TUTs were…
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Short Term Memory, Attention Control, Intelligence
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Guterman, Oz; Neuman, Ari – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2022
In modern society, academic success is closely associated with achievement. In order to help students realise their potential, it is essential to understand the factors that promote academic success. The research literature indicates several factors that are associated with academic success, including learning strategies, self-direction, and…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Academic Achievement, Undergraduate Students, Independent Study
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Kirikkanat, Berke – International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 2023
Having effective career planning attitudes is a significant psychological resource for dealing with occupational burdens, unanticipated conflicts, and ambivalences in business area. The major purpose of the study was to reveal whether Turkish undergraduates' career planning attitudes were shaped by their trait emotional intelligence, cognitive…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Predictor Variables, Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes
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Gallego, María Gómez; Perez de los Cobos, Alfonso Palazón; Gallego, Juan Cándido Gómez – Education Sciences, 2021
A main goal of the university institution should be to reduce the desertion of its students, in fact, the dropout rate constitutes a basic indicator in the accreditation processes of university centers. Thus, evaluating the cognitive functions and learning skills of students with an increased risk of academic failure can be useful for the adoption…
Descriptors: Identification, At Risk Students, Potential Dropouts, Cognitive Processes
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Pursun, Tugba; Efilti, Erkan – European Journal of Educational Research, 2019
This study aims to analyse the emotional intelligence scores of the special education teacher candidates for the predictor of multiple intelligences areas. This study was conducted through relational scanning model. 211 teacher candidates, 106 females and 105 males, participated in the study. Data were collected through Personal Information Form,…
Descriptors: Emotional Intelligence, Preservice Teachers, Special Education Teachers, Multiple Intelligences
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Nadri, Mahsa; Baghaei, Purya; Zohoorian, Zahra – Cogent Education, 2019
The present study aimed to investigate the relationship between a number of cognitive abilities (auditory/visual attention, processing speed, and fluid intelligence) and listening comprehension. A total of 97 undergraduate EFL students participated in the study. Tests of auditory and visual attention, processing speed, verbal and nonverbal fluid…
Descriptors: Cognitive Ability, Language Proficiency, Listening Comprehension, English (Second Language)
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Razeghizade, Tayebe; Nourmohammadi, Esmaeel; Izadi, Mehri – MEXTESOL Journal, 2022
Critical thinking, intelligence, and language aptitude are three cognitive factors, each, in its own way, influencing our lives. They are important in successful reasoning, problem-solving, and foreign language learning, and thus are worth studying regarding their influence on individuals' language-related skills, in particular, foreign…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Critical Thinking, Undergraduate Students, Universities
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Viezel, Kathleen D.; Freer, Benjamin; Morgan, Chelsea D. – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2022
As an increasing number of individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) matriculate on college campuses, all stakeholders should be prepared to meet their needs. Despite a body of literature describing adaptive behavior deficits of individuals with ASD, there is a paucity of research examining these skills among those who are college-ready. The…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Student Adjustment, College Freshmen
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Dry, M. J.; Due, C.; Powell, C.; Chur-Hansen, A.; Burns, N. R. – Psychology Teaching Review, 2018
In this project we test the utility of an adaptive e-learning study tool (LearnSmart) within the context of a large undergraduate psychology course. We measured student usage of the e-learning tool and the effect that this usage has on academic outcomes, while controlling for the effects of intellectual ability and personality traits such as…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Undergraduate Students, Personality Traits, Cognitive Ability
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Li, Yaoran; Sheldon, Kennon M.; Rouder, Jeffrey N.; Bergin, David A.; Geary, David C. – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2019
Self-referent performance beliefs can influence people's decision making related to long-term goals. Current measures of such beliefs, however, do not explicitly focus on the long-term aspects of goal achievement. We introduce a new concept, Long-Term Prospects (LTP), which is defined as the self-perception that one can maintain the continuous…
Descriptors: College Students, Academic Achievement, Student Attitudes, Beliefs
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Ocal, Turkan; Ehri, Linnea – Journal of College Reading and Learning, 2017
This study examines students' exposure to print, vocabulary and decoding as predictors of spelling skills. Participants were 42 college students (Mean age 22.5, SD = 7.87; 31 females and 11 males). Hierarchical regression analyses showed that most of the variance in spelling was explained by vocabulary knowledge. When vocabulary was entered first…
Descriptors: Spelling, College Students, Decoding (Reading), Vocabulary
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Masrai, Ahmed; Milton, James – TESOL International Journal, 2017
Research has shown that general vocabulary knowledge (e.g., Milton & Treffers-Daller, 2013), academic vocabulary knowledge (e.g., Townsend et al., 2012) and general intelligence (e.g., Laidra et al., 2007) are good predictors of academic achievement. While the effect of these factors has mostly been examined separately, Townsend et al. (2012)…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Academic Achievement, Predictor Variables, Intelligence
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Stadler, Matthias J.; Becker, Nicolas; Greiff, Samuel; Spinath, Frank M. – Higher Education Research and Development, 2016
Successful completion of a university degree is a complex matter. Based on considerations regarding the demands of acquiring a university degree, the aim of this paper was to investigate the utility of complex problem-solving (CPS) skills in the prediction of objective and subjective university success (SUS). The key finding of this study was that…
Descriptors: Success, Predictive Validity, Predictor Variables, Problem Solving
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