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Predicting Undergraduates' Academic Achievement: The Role of the Curriculum, Time Investment and Self-Regulated Learning
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Torenbeek, Marjolein; Jansen, Ellen; Suhre, Cor – Studies in Higher Education, 2013
The time students invest in their studies and their resulting achievement is partly dependent on curriculum characteristics. Degree programmes differ greatly with respect to how the curriculum is organized, for example in the type (e.g. lectures, practicals) and the number of classes. The focus of this study is on the relationships between…
Descriptors: Prediction, Undergraduate Students, Attendance, Academic Achievement
The Effect of the Fit between Secondary and University Education on First-Year Student Achievement
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Torenbeek, Marjolein; Jansen, Ellen; Hofman, Adriaan – Studies in Higher Education, 2010
Central in this study is the role of student variables and the fit between secondary education and university education in the explanation of first-year student achievement. The fit between two levels of education can be defined in different ways. In this study the focus is on four fit-aspects: appropriateness of expectations, and the degree to…
Descriptors: Productivity, Student Employment, Social Integration, Structural Equation Models