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Feraco, Tommaso; Casali, Nicole; Meneghetti, Chiara – Mind, Brain, and Education, 2023
Adaptability (adjustment to new and uncertain situations) and grit (perseverance and passion for long-term goals) both sustain students, but their joint contribution has never been explored, and recent studies propose they could compose a single factor. In this study we aim to test whether (1) they actually belong to a single overarching factor as…
Descriptors: Students, Young Adults, Adolescents, Resilience (Psychology)
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Ashima Kukkar; Rajni Mohana; Aman Sharma; Anand Nayyar – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
In the profession of education, predicting students' academic success is an essential responsibility. This study introduces a novel methodology for predicting students' pass or fail outcome in certain courses. The system utilises academic, demographic, emotional, and VLE sequence information of students. Traditional prediction methods often…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Academic Achievement, Pass Fail Grading, Long Term Memory
Noah N. Drill – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Academic optimism (AO) is positively correlated for student achievement and is comprised of three constructs: academic emphasis, collective efficacy, and trust in students and parents. In essence, AO is the permeated belief of a teacher that academic achievement is important, that teachers can effectively increase student achievement, and that…
Descriptors: Leadership Styles, Teacher Attitudes, Individual Characteristics, Elementary School Teachers
Caesar Jude Clemente – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Having a job immediately after graduation is the dream of every IT graduate. However, not everyone can achieve this outcome. The study's primary goal is to develop predictive models to forecast IT graduates' chances of finding a job based on factors such as academic performance, socioeconomic status, academic habits, and demographic data.…
Descriptors: Artificial Intelligence, Prediction, Models, Information Technology
Meghan N. Flynn – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Grit, defined as perseverance and passion for long-term goals, has garnered attention in educational research for its potential to predict academic achievement and well-being. Despite this, its psychometric properties and applicability across diverse populations remain underexplored. This study aims to validate the Grit-O scale and explore its…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, STEM Education, High Achievement, Success
Monica Schauss – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This quantitative study examined grit and hope scores with a population of first-year Science, Technology and Engineering (STEM) students. The researcher strived to understand if higher grit and hope scores correlate with higher grade point averages (GPA) and persistence in STEM among first-year STEM students enrolled in a mid-sized, suburban,…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Grade Point Average, Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence
Gill, Patrick – Houston Education Research Consortium, 2021
This study identified student characteristics associated with school year mobility for more than 260,000 students in grades 4 through 8 who began the 2016-17 school year at a school in one of ten Houston area school districts. Of these students, 20,154, or just under 8%, changed schools at least once during the school year. Three characteristics…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Student Mobility, Individual Characteristics, Elementary School Students
Mikita, Karen M. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The distinctive characteristics and learning needs of Generation Z students present unique challenges to faculty in higher education. Factors such as faculty teaching styles and availability of learning resources impact academic success for all students. However, Generations Zers' 8-second attention spans; aversion to lengthy reading assignments;…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Student Motivation, Age Groups, Nursing Students
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Brandt, Naemi D.; Lechner, Clemens M. – Journal of Intelligence, 2022
Fluid intelligence and conscientiousness are important predictors of students' academic performance and competence gains. Although their individual contributions have been widely acknowledged, less is known about their potential interplay. Do students profit disproportionately from being both smart and conscientious? We addressed this question…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Personality Traits, Individual Characteristics, Predictor Variables
Udarbe-Valdez, Christine M. – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This study examined institutional variables that contribute to the overall academic success of first-time, full-time freshman students pursuing bachelor's degrees in 60 public colleges and universities serving considerable numbers of Native American students. Utilizing a fixed-effects regression approach, several time-varying covariates (e.g.,…
Descriptors: Individual Characteristics, Institutional Characteristics, Educational Attainment, American Indian Students
Jacobs, Amanda Renee Atwater – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Many students come to school with risk factors that negatively impact their educational attainment and overall well-being. These risk factors may include but are not limited to abuse, poverty, teen pregnancy, low academic achievement, and learning disabilities. Other types of factors have been shown to provide a protective aspect against risk, and…
Descriptors: High School Students, At Risk Students, Electronic Learning, Distance Education
David Sime – ProQuest LLC, 2022
In the 2017-18 school year, 18% of New York students opted out of a mandated state assessment test. On Long Island, that number was closer to 50% of students opting out of one or more tests. The implications of this phenomenon are far-reaching, but unknown. This study seeks to better understand both who opts out and the potential impact of opt out…
Descriptors: Standardized Tests, Futures (of Society), Decision Making, High Stakes Tests
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Lu, Guoqing; Xie, Kui; Liu, Qingtang – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2022
Situational engagement plays a critical role in promoting students' academic performance. In a smart classroom environment, this study collected longitudinal real-time data for 105 college students at a university in central China to investigate the relationship among situational engagement, personal characteristics and learning environment…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Virtual Classrooms, Educational Environment, Student Motivation
Victoria Stroud – ProQuest LLC, 2021
This study explored the relationship of cognitive and noncognitive variables within academically underachieving high school students. The research on academic achievement variables is plentiful in the literature among high performing populations. Past studies reveal that a multitude of factors effect academic achievement in high school students.…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, High School Students, Academic Achievement, Underachievement
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Kothari, Brianne H.; Godlewski, Bethany; Lipscomb, Shannon T.; Jaramillo, Jamie – Psychology in the Schools, 2021
Youth in foster care can experience educational success. Yet, studies have tended to focus on their educational challenges and achievement gaps. Compared to their counterparts, youth in foster care lag behind on many academic outcomes. Research is needed to understand the academic and nonacademic indicators of educational resilience (i.e., the…
Descriptors: Foster Care, Youth, Resilience (Psychology), Academic Achievement
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