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Hang, Bui Thi Thuy; Kaur, Amrita; Nur, Abdul Hamid Busthami – Malaysian Journal of Learning and Instruction, 2017
Purpose: Student motivation for positive academic outcome and persistence at school is significantly affected by personal and environmental factors. Anchored in self-determination theory, this study tested a motivational model which looked at how support in terms of perceived teacher autonomy and from school administration constituted the key…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Self Determination, Motivation Techniques, Models
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Mokrova, Irina L.; O'Brien, Marion; Calkins, Susan D.; Leerkes, Esther M.; Marcovitch, Stuart – Infant and Child Development, 2012
Children who develop persistence in the preschool years are likely to function more effectively during the transition into school. In this study of 231 3-year-old children and their mothers, we examined the relations among family social status, maternal values of self-direction, quality of parenting, and children's persistence in challenging…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Academic Persistence, Social Status, Mothers
Fry, Donald W. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
While withdrawal from higher education may be the result of many reasons both within and beyond the control of the student or the institution, the intent of not returning to higher education indicates the acceptance of a permanent disassociation with the pursuit of the higher education endeavor. It is of paramount importance in understanding the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, College Students, Causal Models, Academic Persistence
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Rastegar, Mina – Indian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2006
This article aims at discussing a new statistical trend in research in applied linguistics. This rather new statistical procedure is causal modeling--path analysis. The article demonstrates that causal modeling--path analysis is the best statistical option to use when the effects of a multitude of L2 learners' variables on language achievement are…
Descriptors: Causal Models, Applied Linguistics, Academic Persistence, Path Analysis