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The academic performance of older academics: A review

Journal of Tertiary Education Administration, 1993
About 40 per cent of academic staff in Australian universities are over 45 years of age and predictions are that, by the turn of the century, there will be an ‘abundance’ of tenured, older academics in these universities. The situation elsewhere is even more stark. In the United States, for instance, 35 per cent of all academic staff in institutions of
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Visual Function and Academic Performance

American Journal of Ophthalmology, 1985
Evaluation of 1,910 first-, second-, and third-grade students indicated that visual function and academic performance as measured by reading were not positively related. Visual function tests included visual acuity, muscle balance, preferred eye and hand, color vision, refraction, sensory and motor function, and a writing and drawing task.
E M, Helveston, J C, Weber, K, Miller, K, Robertson, G, Hohberger, R, Estes, F D, Ellis, N, Pick, B H, Helveston   +8 more
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Course Scheduling and Academic Performance

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2007
Abstract This paper examines the relationship between course scheduling and student achievement, controlling for student and course characteristics. The literature in psychology recognizes that performance varies by time of day and that spacing learning out over time may foster greater long-term memory of items.
Angela K. Dills, Rey Hernández-Julián
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Technology use and academic performance

Computers & Education, 2014
As technology use continues its steady growth among college students, both within and outside of the classroom, its effect on academic performance becomes an increasingly important question to address. Cognitive theory and multitasking research strongly support a negative effect while other studies have found little to no effect.
Diane Keyser Wentworth, June H. Middleton   +1 more
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Predicting Student Academic Performance

2013 Seventh International Conference on Complex, Intelligent, and Software Intensive Systems, 2013
Engineering schools worldwide have a relatively high attrition rate. Typically, about 35% of the first-year students in various engineering programs do not make it to the second year. Of the remaining students, quite often they drop out or fail in their second or third year of studies.
Kin Fun Li, David Rusk, Fred Song
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An assessment of academic performance and personality

Medical Education, 1991
Summary. This study examines whether personality profiles, using personality factors, or clusters of personality factors, are associated with academic success. One hundred and forty medical students of the University of Wales College of Medicine were invited to complete a personality questionnaire (Cattell 16 PF)
A, Green, T J, Peters, D J, Webster
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Fieldwork Performance and Academic Grades

The American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 1985
Abstract The literature examining the relationship between occupational therapy academic course work and fieldwork performance was reviewed. Responding to a recent suggestion calling for a reexamination of this relationship with a sample of significantly larger size, we initiated the present study.
W C, Mann, N, Banasiak
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Perfectionism, Depression, and Academic Performance

Psychological Reports, 2006
In samples of 30 Canadian and 117 American undergraduates, academic performance was more strongly correlated with perfectionism scores (Revised Almost Perfect Scale) ( r = .20 and −.17) than with those on self-reported depression (CES-Depression) ( r = −.09).
Lindsey, Leenaars, David, Lester
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In-class multitasking and academic performance

Computers in Human Behavior, 2012
The omnipresence of student-owned information and communication technologies (ICTs) in today's college classrooms presents educational opportunities but can also create learning problems. Specifically, multitasking with these technologies can interfere with the learning process.
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Ethnicity and academic performance in the UK

BMJ, 2011
White doctors and medical students do better but it is not clear why or what to do about ...
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