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A Multivariate Elo-Based Learner Model for Adaptive Educational Systems
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Abdi, Solmaz; Khosravi, Hassan; Sadiq, Shazia; Gasevic, Dragan – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2019
The Elo rating system has been recognised as an effective method for modelling students and items within adaptive educational systems. The existing Elo-based models have the limiting assumption that items are only tagged with a single concept and are mainly studied in the context of adaptive testing systems. In this paper, we introduce a…
Descriptors: Models, Foreign Countries, College Students, Multivariate Analysis
What Do We Really Know about Grit? A Multivariate Statistical Analysis Investigation on the Construct Validity of Grit
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Collaço, Christine M. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
The primary purpose of this study was to collect evidence on the construct validity of grit using convergent, discriminant, and predictive validity principles. To accomplish this purpose and extend previous research on grit, college students from two schools completed an instrument comprised of a cognitive ability test, and a questionnaire. The…
Descriptors: College Students, Academic Persistence, Construct Validity, Predictive Validity
A Trillion-Dollar Question: What Predicts Student Loan Delinquencies?
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Mezza, Alvaro; Sommer, Kamila – Journal of Student Financial Aid, 2016
The recent significant increase in student loan delinquencies has generated interest in understanding the key factors predicting the non-performance of these loans. However, despite the large size of the student loan market, existing analyses have been limited by lack of data. This paper studies predictors of student loan delinquencies using a…
Descriptors: Student Loan Programs, Debt (Financial), Loan Default, Loan Repayment
Achievement and Behaviour in Undergraduate Mathematics: Personality Is a Better Predictor than Gender
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Alcock, Lara; Attridge, Nina; Kenny, Steven; Inglis, Matthew – Research in Mathematics Education, 2014
We investigated two factors that predict students' achievement and behaviour in undergraduate mathematics: gender and personality. We found that gender predicted students' achievement and behaviour when considered in isolation, but ceased to be predictive when personality profiles were taken into account. Furthermore, personality accounted for…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Mathematics Achievement, Personality Traits, Gender Differences
Assessing and Predicting College Students' Use of Strategies for the Self-Regulation of Motivation
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Wolters, Christopher A.; Benzon, Maria B. – Journal of Experimental Education, 2013
College students ("N" = 215) completed a self-report instrument designed to assess different regulation of motivation strategies as well as aspects of their motivational beliefs, use of cognitive and metacognitive learning strategies, and procrastination. The study serves to extend the research on the self-regulation of motivation…
Descriptors: College Students, Self Disclosure (Individuals), Self Management, Self Motivation
Self-Efficacy and Interests: Relationships of Holland Themes to College Major.
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Isaacs, Jeremy J.; Borgen, Fred H.; Donnay, David A. C.; Hansen, Tara A. – 1997
The relationship between self-efficacy/interests and college major was the focus of a study. A sample of 760 midwestern college students reported their present college major on a demographic questionnaire and completed either the research version of the 1994 Strong Interest Inventory (SII) or the actual 1994 SII and the 1996 Skills Confidence…
Descriptors: College Students, Correlation, Higher Education, Interest Inventories