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Muenks, Katherine; Wigfield, Allan; Yang, Ji Seung; O'Neal, Colleen R. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2017
Duckworth, Peterson, Matthews, and Kelly (2007) defined "grit" as one's passion and perseverance toward long-term goals. They proposed that it consists of 2 components: consistency of interests and perseverance of effort. In a high school and college student sample, we used a multidimensional item response theory approach to examine (a)…
Descriptors: High School Students, College Students, Metacognition, Item Response Theory
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Elliot, Andrew J.; Murayama, Kou – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2008
The authors identified several specific problems with the measurement of achievement goals in the current literature and illustrated these problems, focusing primarily on A. J. Elliot and H. A. McGregor's (2001) Achievement Goal Questionnaire (AGQ). They attended to these problems by creating the AGQ-Revised and conducting a study that examined…
Descriptors: Failure, Academic Achievement, Motivation, Fear
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Braskamp, Larry A.; And Others – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1979
Undergraduates and graduates indicated their degree of satisfaction with their major department. Two highly correlated factors, General Satisfaction with Major and Satisfaction with Mentorship, were obtained. Factor scores did not differ for class level, grade point average, sex, field of study, or reason for choosing their major. (Author/RD)
Descriptors: College Programs, Departments, Educational Quality, Evaluation Criteria
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Macan, Therese Hoff; And Others – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1990
The relationships between time management of college students and self-reported academic performance and various affective measures of stress were explored for 123 undergraduates. The study indicates that self-reported time management is multidimensional and that there are important relationships among time management, performance, and stress.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Affective Measures, Factor Analysis, Factor Structure