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Download full textO'Malley, Patricia Tenowich; Sonnenschein, Susan – Online Submission, 2010
The purpose of this study was to integrate domain-learning theory and goal theory to investigate the learning processes, achievement goals, social goals, and achievement of 141 college students. Cluster-analytic procedures were used to categorize participants at different levels of expertise based on their responses on knowledge, interest, and…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, College Students, Grade Point Average, Goal Orientation
Magnello, M. Eileen – 1979
An inventory was administered to 161 college students in the late fall of 1977 in an attempt to predict the academic major of either psychology or special education students. The predictors were from the following series of items: demographic characteristics, academic information, occupational interests, and utility of their college program. A…
Descriptors: College Students, Decision Making, Higher Education, Majors (Students)
Barron, Kenneth E.; Harackiewicz, Judith M.; Tauer, John M. – 2001
Researchers conducted a longitudinal study of achievement goals and ability measures to investigate the predictors of academic success over the course of 471 students' college careers. First, researchers examined which variables that were important in predicting students' interest and performance in an introductory psychology course taken in their…
Descriptors: Ability, Academic Achievement, Achievement Need, College Students
Underwood, Benton J. – 1974
A proposal to formulate nomothetic theories -- general statements or scientific laws -- in a way to allow for an immediate test of individual differences is presented. The need for such a proposal is cited in recent developments in structural model building in the area of memory called information processing and in the concern to bring individual…
Descriptors: Educational Psychology, Hypothesis Testing, Individual Differences, Learning Processes
House, J. Daniel – 1998
This study focused on gender differences in examining the extent to which Graduate Record Examination (GRE) scores predicted subsequent achievement. Data on 275 graduate students in professional psychology programs at a large midwestern university were collected and analyzed. Two methods for the identification of prediction bias were used and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Aptitude Tests, Grade Point Average, Grades (Scholastic)
Kerber, Kenneth W. – 1982
Although several surveys of attitudes toward computers have been conducted, little is known about attitudes toward specific computer applications. College students (N=203) were surveyed about their attitudes toward computer applications. Results indicated that there are three clusters of computer applications about which respondents hold similar…
Descriptors: College Students, Computer Literacy, Computer Oriented Programs, Counselor Role
