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Daza, Vanesa; Makriyannis, Nikolaos; Rovira Riera, Carme – Open Learning, 2013
First-year university students exhibit considerably different levels of proficiency, often lacking the necessary prerequisites to attend certain courses. This is especially true for mathematics courses. While motivation alone plays a role, by far the most significant challenge consists in harmonising the different (and often incompatible)…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Mathematics Skills, Mathematics Instruction, College Mathematics
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Moriana, Juan Antonio; Alos, Francisco; Alcala, Rocio; Pino, Maria-Jose; Herruzo, Javier; Ruiz, Rosario – Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology, 2006
Introduction: In this paper we study the possible influence of extra-curricular activities (study-related and/or sports) on academic performance of first- and second-year pupils in "Educacion Secundaria Obligatoria (ESO)" [N.T. seventh- and eighth-graders]. Method: We randomly selected 12 schools in the city (9 public and 3 private), and…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Academic Achievement, Program Effectiveness, Extracurricular Activities