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Marley, Scott C.; Wilcox, M. Jeanne – Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 2022
Purpose: This study examines family and peer academic social supports as correlates of academic motivation and first-semester GPA. Design/methodology/approach: Using a correlational design, 468 first-semester college students completed an online survey. Demographic characteristics, high school GPA and first-semester GPA were gathered from…
Descriptors: Family Involvement, Peer Relationship, College Freshmen, Student Motivation
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Sharon Tzur; Nitza Davidovitch; Adi Katz; Aleksandra Gerkerova – European Educational Researcher, 2025
This study examines how interactions in class WhatsApp groups impact students' motivation and academic achievements. The research incorporates both qualitative and quantitative analyses to explore associations between various types of interactions and academic performance. Key findings reveal a strong positive correlation between students'…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Peer Relationship, Student Motivation, Academic Achievement
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Wu, Fangwen; Jiang, Yi; Liu, Diyue; Konorova, Evgenia; Yang, Xiangdong – Educational Psychology, 2022
Teachers and peers are two influential social agents in students' academic functioning. In the present study, we differentiated perceived social relationships into positive and negative aspects and investigated how these perceptions influence students' motivation and educational outcomes. Results based on 2211 Chinese middle school students…
Descriptors: Teacher Student Relationship, Peer Relationship, Adolescents, Student Motivation
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Tlhoaele, Malefyane; Suhre, Cor; Hofman, Adriaan – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2016
Cooperative learning may improve students' motivation, understanding of course concepts, and academic performance. This study therefore enhanced a cooperative, group-project learning technique with technology resources to determine whether doing so improved students' deep learning and performance. A sample of 118 engineering students, randomly…
Descriptors: Technology Uses in Education, Comprehension, Academic Achievement, Cooperative Learning
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Johnson, Genevieve M. – Journal of University Teaching and Learning Practice, 2015
First-year university students (n = 185) completed an online questionnaire that allowed comparison of those who reported studying on-campus with those who reported studying fully-online. Independent sample t-tests compared the means of students in the two study modes on demographics, frequency of use of digital technology and metacognitive…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Online Surveys, Questionnaires, Comparative Analysis