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Direct linkMadison, Ed; Hopp, Toby; Santana, Arthur D.; Stansberry, Kathleen – Journalism and Mass Communication Educator, 2018
This study used self-determination theory (SDT) to investigate the motivations for selecting a major among mass communication and media majors at 18 colleges and universities across the United States. Specifically, 669 mass communication majors were queried on their intrinsic and extrinsic motivations for choosing a major, their degree of major…
Descriptors: Self Determination, Theories, Majors (Students), Decision Making
Morris, R. C. – Current Issues in Education, 2016
Higher education research highlights the difficulties students face when transitioning from a junior college to a traditional university. This study explored a gap between junior vs. traditional university students' academic self-efficacy beliefs. This study also controlled for the effects of the student role-identity and academic performance on…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Two Year Colleges, College Students, Higher Education
Véronneau, Marie-Hélène; Hiatt Racer, Kristina; Fosco, Gregory M.; Dishion, Thomas J. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2014
Effortful control has been proposed as a set of neurocognitive competencies that is relevant to self-regulation and educational attainment (Posner & Rothbart, 2007). This study tested the hypothesis that a multiagent report of adolescents' effortful control (age 17) would be predictive of academic persistence and educational attainment (age…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Self Control, Educational Attainment, Young Adults
Download full textAfari, Ernest; Ward, Graeme; Khine, Myint Swe – International Education Studies, 2012
We investigated the relationships between global self-esteem, academic self-efficacy and academic performance among a sample of 255 college students in the United Arab Emirates. The widely used Rosenberg's Self-Esteem Scale (RSES; Rosenberg, 1965) and an academic self-efficacy scale, modified from (Jinks and Morgan, 1999) were used to assess…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Self Esteem, Self Efficacy
Collin, V. Terri; Violato, Claudio; Hecker, Kent – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2009
To develop and test a latent variable path model of general achievement, aptitude for medicine and competence in medicine employing data from the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT), pre-medical undergraduate grade point average (UGPA) and demographic characteristics for competence in pre-clinical and measures of competence (United States…
Descriptors: Grade Point Average, Structural Equation Models, Testing, Licensing Examinations (Professions)
Mehta, Anju; Clayton, Howard; Sankar, Chetan S. – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 2008
Past research has suggested that students need to be motivated by themselves (intrinsic learning motivation) and use higher-order cognitive skills so as to excel in problem solving, decision-making, and analytical reasoning in real-life situations. In this study, we examined the role of intrinsic learning motivation (ILM) and cumulative GPA in…
Descriptors: Grade Point Average, Structural Equation Models, Learning Motivation, Case Studies
