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Matovu, Musa – International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 2014
The study aimed at validating the academic self-concept scale by Liu and Wang (2005) in measuring academic self-concept among university students. Structural equation modelling was used to validate the scale which was composed of two subscales; academic confidence and academic effort. The study was conducted on university students; males and…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Academic Ability, Self Concept, Measures (Individuals)
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Seaton, Marjorie; Parker, Philip; Marsh, Herbert W.; Craven, Rhonda G.; Yeung, Alexander Seeshing – Educational Psychology, 2014
Research suggests that motivated students and those with high academic self-concepts perform better academically. Although substantial evidence supports a reciprocal relation between academic self-concept and achievement, there is less evidence supporting a similar relation between achievement goal orientations and achievement. There is also a…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Student Motivation, Goal Orientation, High School Students
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Higuita-Gutiérrez, Luis Felipe; Cardona-Arias, Jaiberth Antonio – School Mental Health, 2016
The purpose of this study was to develop a predictive population model with respect to quality of life, school violence, and family dynamics in adolescent students from Medellín, Colombia. Cross-sectional, explanatory study was realized with 3460 adolescents using probability sampling for selection. Structural equation modeling was performed. The…
Descriptors: Violence, Educational Environment, Quality of Life, Physical Health
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Hardy, Graham – Research in Science Education, 2014
In this study, the author developed a model to describe academic self-concept (ASC) in science and validated an instrument for its measurement. Unlike previous models of science ASC, which envisage science as a homogenous single global construct, this model took a multidimensional view by conceiving science self-concept as possessing distinctive…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Self Concept, Guidelines, Models
Knight, William E. – 1992
This study investigated differences in freshmen to senior student general education gains across institutions of higher education, with varying patterns of general education requirements using a mixed-effect structural equation model. The subjects were 6,409 students at 34 colleges and universities nationwide. Study procedures used American…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, College Outcomes Assessment, Comparative Analysis