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Kamel, Omaima Mustafa – Online Submission, 2018
The purpose of this study was two-fold: to investigate whether there are correlation between and among academic overload, self-efficacy and perceived social support as predictors of academic adjustment among first year university students and to investigate the relative contribution of among academic overload, self-efficacy and perceived social…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Predictor Variables, College Freshmen, Student Adjustment
Cheryl J. Travers; Dominique Morisano; Edwin A. Locke – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2015
Background: Goal-setting theory continues to be among the most popular and influential theories of motivation and performance, although there have been limited academic applications relative to applications in other domains, such as organizational psychology. Aims: This paper summarizes existing quantitative research and then employs a qualitative…
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, Qualitative Research, Reflection, Academic Achievement
Brouzos, Andreas; Vassilopoulos, Stephanos; Korfiati, Androniki; Baourda, Vasiliki – International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling, 2015
The aim of this study was to examine the counselling needs of a sample of secondary school students in Greece. Moreover, the effect of age, gender, and academic performance on such perceived counselling needs was also investigated. The sample consisted of 931 students (433 girls and 498 boys) aged between 12 and 16 years old. A 70-item…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Student Attitudes, Interpersonal Relationship, School Counseling
Ishak, Zahari; Low, Suet Fin; Lau, Poh Li – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2012
Parenting styles have always been a crucial factor in influencing all aspects of a person's development. The purpose of this study is to test the structural equation model of academic achievement among the students using parenting styles as a moderator. The sample comprised 493 students from eight schools. Parenting styles are determined using the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Parenting Styles, Child Rearing, Structural Equation Models
Lee, Pei-Ling; Pang, Vincent – International Journal of Training Research, 2014
This paper reports on a study of five motivational orientations in continuing education among working adults. The influence of motivational orientations on their academic achievement was identified. The study involved 159 working adults who enrolled into part-time programs in an Open University in Sabah. Boshier's Education Participation Scale…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Continuing Education, Adult Students, Student Motivation
Lee, Pei Ling; Pang, Vincent – Malaysian Journal of Learning and Instruction, 2013
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between motivational factors in continuing education and academic achievement of adult learners. The study is conducted due to a lack of research pertaining to academic achievement among adult learners particularly in Malaysia. Methodology: A random sample of 150 part-time adult…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Academic Achievement, Adult Students, Motivation Techniques
Dods, Jennifer – Exceptionality Education International, 2015
Experiencing a traumatic event can impact students' well-being and jeopardize their academic achievement and social-emotional health. A quarter of all students will experience a traumatic life event before they graduate from high school (Costello, Erkanli, Fairbank, & Angold, 2002), necessitating an understanding of how trauma affects students…
Descriptors: Trauma, Educational Experience, Well Being, Academic Achievement
Rayfield, William W., III – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this study is to answer the call of the National Endowment for the Arts (2011), and various other arts-related organizations, for extensive research on the ability of the fine and performing arts to improve the quality of life for those who participate in them. Guided by C. Robert Pace's theory of quality of student effort, this…
Descriptors: Two Year College Students, Community Colleges, Art Education, Art Activities
Newton, Brian C.; Ghee, Kenneth L.; Langmeyer, Daniel – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2014
Male and female African-American college students (n = 131) at a large urban predominately White publicly funded institution participated in a survey measuring the effect of a multitude of psychosocial constructs and factors on grade point average (GPA). Part One of the study's analysis focused on three of the six total constructs examined within…
Descriptors: African American Students, Undergraduate Students, Academic Achievement, Correlation
Barna, Jennifer S.; Brott, Pamelia E. – Professional School Counseling, 2011
This study explored elementary school counselors' perceptions of importance and implementation for state standards in support of academic achievement. Results indicate that Academic and Personal/Social standards are important to achievement with no statistical difference between the standards. Further, counselors implement Personal/Social…
Descriptors: State Standards, Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, School Counseling
Jelfs, Helen – Journal of Beliefs & Values, 2010
"The Way ahead" report proposed that Church of England schools should be distinctively Christian and Anglican and recommended a number of practices that schools could adopt to exemplify their distinctiveness. However, the notion of distinctiveness is not well developed and has not been widely researched. An empirical investigation…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Christianity, Case Studies, Ethnography
Salmela-Aro, Katariina; Kiuru, Noona; Nurmi, Jari-Erik – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2008
Background: Transition from comprehensive school to later educational tracks is challenging for many adolescents. The present three-wave longitudinal study conducted in Finland considers this issue from the perspective of school burnout. Background: Transition from comprehensive school to later educational tracks is challenging for many…
Descriptors: Burnout, Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Foreign Countries
Fong, Ricci W.; Yuen, Mantak – Gifted and Talented International, 2009
This study investigated relationships among measures of perfectionism, academic self-concept, and academic achievement in fourth and fifth grade children from selective primary schools in Hong Kong where admission involves strict assessment of students' aptitude and potential. Based on their overall academic performance 331 students were…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Measures (Individuals), Foreign Countries, Self Concept
Hamilton Township Schools, NJ. – 1984
Includes reports and evaluations of the full-day kindergarten pilot program implemented in Hamilton Township, Hamilton Square, New Jersey in the 1982-83 school year and continued in 1983-84. Consisting mainly of 12 appendices, the 1982 interim report concerns program planning, curriculum development, legal issues, site visits, publicity, foci of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Curriculum Development, Grade 1
Peetsma, Thea; Hascher, Tina; van der Veen, Ineke; Roede, Ewoud – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2005
The present study focused on the relations between the self-efficacy, social self-concept, time perspectives, school investment and academic achievement of students in four different European countries and in different adolescence periods. A total of 1623 students completed questionnaires. The relations between the concepts proved not to be…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Self Efficacy, Academic Achievement, Time Perspective
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