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Confidence: A Better Predictor of Academic Achievement than Self-Efficacy, Self-Concept and Anxiety?
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Direct linkStankov, Lazar; Lee, Jihyun; Luo, Wenshu; Hogan, David J. – Learning and Individual Differences, 2012
In this paper we report the results from a study that assessed confidence together with scales measuring self-belief--i.e., self-efficacy, different kinds of self-concepts, and anxiety--among the 15-year old students from Singapore. A distinct confidence factor was identified in the domains of mathematics (N = 1940) and English (N = 1786). Our…
Descriptors: Females, Self Efficacy, Anxiety, Foreign Countries
Rosander, Pia; Backstrom, Martin – Learning and Individual Differences, 2012
The present study investigated the unique contribution of learning approaches to academic performance, also taking gender differences into account. The participant sample consisted of 476 school pupils (53% girls and 47% boys) from two upper secondary schools in Sweden who completed two self-reported measures related to personality and learning…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Females, Cognitive Ability, High School Students
Batey, Mark; Furnham, Adrian; Safiullina, Xeniya – Learning and Individual Differences, 2010
This study sought to examine the contribution of fluid intelligence, general knowledge and Big Five personality traits in predicting four indices of creativity: Divergent Thinking (DT) fluency, Rated DT, Creative Achievement and Self-Rated creativity and a combined Total Creativity variable. When creativity was assessed by DT test, the consistent…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Intelligence, Creativity, Personality
Ning, Hoi Kwan; Downing, Kevin – Learning and Individual Differences, 2010
While previous studies have examined the single directional effects of motivation constructs in influencing students' use of self-regulatory strategies, few attempts have been made to unravel their interrelationship in a unified framework. In this study we adopt the social cognitive perspective and examine the reciprocal interplay between…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Undergraduate Students, Foreign Countries, Self Control
Mayes, Susan Dickerson; Calhoun, Susan L.; Bixler, Edward O.; Zimmerman, Dennis N. – Learning and Individual Differences, 2009
Word reading and math computation scores were predicted from Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence Full Scale IQ, 10 neuropsychological tests, and parent attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) ratings in 214 general population elementary school children. IQ was the best single predictor of achievement. In addition, Digit Span…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Hyperactivity, Verbal Learning, Attention Deficit Disorders
