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Exploratory Study of Career Decision Self-Efficacy as the Mediator for Decisional Procrastination, Career Exploration and Career Decision Making Difficulties among Malaysian Undergraduates
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Khee Hoong Ho; Wan Marzuki Wan Jaafar; Yusni Mohamad Yusop; Soo Ting T’ng – International Society for Technology, Education, and Science, 2024
The three-step Parsonian approach has lasted more than a century and paved the foundation to the modern career counselling, which emphasized the importance of knowing the self, the environment, and "true reasoning". The use of assessments remains as an integral part of career counselling. Therefore, the current study aims to carefully…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Self Efficacy, Career Choice
The Effect of Procrastination on Academic Achievement: A Meta-Analysis Study
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Akpur, Ugur – International Journal of Educational Methodology, 2020
The aim of the present study is to examine the effect level of procrastination on academic achievement. To this end, a meta-analytic approach was applied and the studies published between January 2000 and May 2020 in Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) and Academic Search Ultimate databases were included in the study. The research was…
Descriptors: Time Management, Academic Achievement, Correlation, Predictor Variables
Students' Facebook Usage and Academic Achievement: A Case Study of Private University in Thailand
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Sereetrakul, Wilailuk – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2013
The objective of this study was to determine if the time spent on Facebook and the purpose for which Facebook was used had any impact on the academic achievement of the students. This exploratory research used a questionnaire to collect data from 251 undergraduate students at a private university in Bangkok, Thailand. Data were analyzed using…
Descriptors: Social Media, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Academic Achievement
Student Disposition, Textbooks, and Class Time: What Do They Really Want?
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Skidmore, Ronald L.; Aagaard, Lola; Conner, Timothy W., II – Online Submission, 2011
The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between student beliefs regarding instructor-imposed activities to encourage student use of course textbooks and Life Orientation (i.e., dispositional optimism or pessimism). A convenience cluster sample (n = 105) was obtained from students taking summer classes at a regional state…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Student Attitudes, Textbooks, Teacher Influence
The 16PF as a Predictor of Principal Performance: An Integration of Quantitative and Qualitative Research Methods.
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Lunenburg, Fred C. – 1990
The relationship between a broad set of personality factors and principals' performance was studied using the Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire (16PF). How high and low performing principals actually spent their time on the job was a secondary focus of the study. Subjects were 46 elementary school and 33 secondary school principals (96%…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Leadership, Performance
Emotional Intelligence Skills: Significant Factors in Freshmen Achievement and Retention.
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Nelson, Darwin B.; Nelson, Kaye W. – 2003
This study investigated the role of emotional skills in the academic achievement and retention of university freshmen. The research group was a randomly selected sample of first semester freshmen students (N=165), and cumulative grade point average was used as the criterion for academic success. The study was designed to investigate: (a) the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Freshmen, Communication Skills, Cultural Differences