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Evans, Brent J.; Baker, Rachel B. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2016
The chapter argues for redefining the term "persistence" as it relates to MOOCs and considers how different measures produce different results in the research; it closes with a review of research on persistence in MOOCs.
Descriptors: Definitions, Predictor Variables, Educational Research, Outcome Measures
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Credé, Marcus – Educational Researcher, 2018
Grit is a construct that is widely studied by educational researchers and that has generally been enthusiastically received by educational practitioners. This essay highlights that many of the core claims about grit have either been unexamined or are directly contradicted by the accumulated empirical evidence. Specifically, there appears to be no…
Descriptors: Resilience (Psychology), Persistence, Achievement, Higher Education
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Blizard, Zachary D. – Educational Research Quarterly, 2021
Forsyth County, North Carolina has the third lowest rate of upward economic mobility of any other county in the United States. One of the strongest correlates of upward mobility is the quality of schools in the local system. Using 2018 and 2017 NC Public School Report Card (SRC) data for Forsyth County elementary schools, I find that the annual…
Descriptors: Labor Turnover, Educational Quality, Elementary Schools, Public Schools
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Park, Crystal L.; Williams, Michelle K.; Hernandez, Paul R.; Agocha, V. Bede; Carney, Lauren M.; DePetris, Andrea E.; Lee, Sharon Y. – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2019
Psychological factors have been implicated in STEM persistence but remain poorly understood. In particular, the role of self-regulation--the cognitive, behavioral, and emotional skills that allow individuals to work efficiently toward their desired goals, especially when under stress--has received minimal attention. Psychological factors may be…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Academic Persistence, Self Management, Student Behavior
Lee, Jihyun – OECD Publishing, 2020
Non-cognitive characteristics of students in four Southeast Asian countries -- Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Viet Nam -- were reviewed based on the PISA 2009, 2012, and 2015 data. Overall, students in this region demonstrated similarities with respect to their non-cognitive dispositions such as learning habits, approaches to learning,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Characteristics, Study Habits, Learning Strategies
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Bloemer, William; Day, Scott; Swan, Karen – Online Learning, 2017
In this paper we argue that simply identifying gateway courses in which a large number of students fail or withdraw and focusing attention on them may not always be the best use of limited resources. No matter what we do, there will always be courses with high D/F/W rates simply because of the nature of their content and the preparation of the…
Descriptors: Courses, Success, Academic Persistence, School Holding Power
Cromley, Jennifer G.; Perez, Tony; Kaplan, Avi – Grantee Submission, 2016
Student cognition and motivation, as well as institutional policies, determine student course grades and retention in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) majors. Regarding cognition, study skills relate to course grades, and grades relate to retention in STEM. Several aspects of motivation are related to both grades and…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, STEM Education, Science Achievement, Academic Persistence
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Davidson, Cody; Wilson, Kristin – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2013
The purpose of this article is to trace the development of the Tinto framework for student integration and to critically analyze the application of the framework with nontraditional student populations. Specifically, the terms "academic" and "social integration" have become synonymous with student retention and, by extension,…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Social Integration, Nontraditional Students, Predictor Variables
Reyes, Pedro; Alexander, Celeste – Texas Education Research Center, 2017
Teachers are crucial to student achievement. It therefore becomes important to assure that teachers who can foster student achievement are present in all schools, and that they remain in the teaching field. The most effective teachers are not evenly distributed across schools. Schools with poor, high-minority, and low-achieving students are more…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, National Surveys, Faculty Mobility, Teacher Persistence
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Dupéré, Véronique; Leventhal, Tama; Dion, Eric; Crosnoe, Robert; Archambault, Isabelle; Janosz, Michel – Review of Educational Research, 2015
High school dropout is commonly seen as the result of a long-term process of failure and disengagement. As useful as it is, this view has obscured the heterogeneity of pathways leading to dropout. Research suggests, for instance, that some students leave school not as a result of protracted difficulties but in response to situations that emerge…
Descriptors: High School Students, Stress Variables, Dropouts, Models
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Kauffman, Heather – Research in Learning Technology, 2015
Students perceive online courses differently than traditional courses. Negative perceptions can lead to unfavourable learning outcomes including decreased motivation and persistence. Throughout this review, a broad range of factors that affect performance and satisfaction within the online learning environment for adult learners will be examined…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Predictor Variables, Academic Achievement, Success
Looby, Karen; Pazera, Carol; Fowler, Laura Sanchez – Online Submission, 2013
This report presents postsecondary enrollment for AISD's Class of 2011 during the year after high school graduation. Since 2002, AISD postsecondary enrollment has increased incrementally, from 62% to 68%.
Descriptors: High School Graduates, College Enrollment, Trend Analysis, College Attendance
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King, Barbara – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2015
This study examines the within-field persistence rates of physical science/engineering (PS/E) students compared with those of students in life science, business, social science, education, and humanities. The data are drawn from a nationally representative sample of college matriculates and include students' high school and college transcript…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Majors (Students), Career Choice, Academic Records
Wiggins, Afi Y.; Looby, Karen – Online Submission, 2015
A significantly higher percentage of AISD graduates enrolled in postsecondary institutions in 2014 (66%) than enrolled in 2013 (63%). Eighty-one percent of Class of 2013 graduates enrolled and persisted in a postsecondary institution 2 consecutive years after high school graduation. The supplemental report (published separately) provides technical…
Descriptors: College Enrollment, High School Graduates, School Districts, Predictor Variables
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Kerby, Molly B. – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2015
Theoretical models designed to predict whether students will persist or not have been valuable tools for retention efforts relative to the creation of services in academic and student affairs. Some of the early models attempted to explain and measure factors in the "college dropout process." For example, in his seminal work, Tinto…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Models, School Holding Power, Academic Persistence
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