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Richardson, Jessica J.; Kemp, Simon; Malinen, Sanna; Haultain, Steve A. – Journal of Further and Higher Education, 2013
There is growing concern about the detrimental effect of term-time employment on university students' academic success. We report results from an online survey of 1837 students of the University of Canterbury in New Zealand, whose responses were later matched to their academic records for a semester. The majority of employed students reported…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Student Employment, Online Surveys, Questionnaires
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Parker, David R.; Hoffman, Sharon Field; Sawilowsky, Shlomo; Rolands, Laura – Journal of Attention Disorders, 2013
Objective: The objective of this study was to identify undergraduates' perceptions of the impact of ADHD coaching on their academic success and broader life functioning. Method: One-on-one interviews were conducted with 19 students on 10 different U.S. campuses who comprised a purposive sample of gender, cumulative grade point average, and…
Descriptors: Self Control, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Student Attitudes, Undergraduate Students
Rodriguez, David B. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
Employing a non-experimental, ex-post facto design, the study examined the relationship of student demographic information and internal characteristics identified from the Learning and Study Strategies Inventory (LASSI) to student persistence, grade point average, and academic success. Cognitive Learning Theory (CLT), which focuses on the internal…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Correlation, Academic Persistence, Academic Achievement
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Griffin, Richard; MacKewn, Angie; Moser, Ernest; VanVuren, Ken W. – Contemporary Issues in Education Research, 2012
Universities and colleges are very interested in understanding the factors that influence their students' academic performance. This paper describes a study that was conducted at a mid-sized public university in the mid-south, USA, to examine this issue. In this study, the 10-scale, Learning and Study Strategies Inventory (LASSI) (Weinstein et…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Learning Strategies, Measures (Individuals), Study Skills
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Marrs, Heath; Sigler, Ellen; Hayes, Kaira – Journal of Instructional Psychology, 2009
In this study, the relationship between student study strategies and performance in Introductory Psychology was examined. Eighty-eight students in three sections of Introductory Psychology at a Midwestern university in the United States completed a demographic questionnaire and the Learning and Study Strategies Inventory-2nd edition (LASSI-2)…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Student Attitudes, Grade Point Average, Discriminant Analysis