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Hope as a Predictor of Academic Performance

Psychological Reports, 2008
This study was designed to assess whether the two subscales of the Hope Scale significantly predict semester grade point average (GPA), over and above American College Test (ACT) scores and Trait Anxiety (Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory.) The Hope Scale includes two subscales, goal-directed determinism (Agency) and the ability to plan ways to
Susan P, Buckelew, R Scott, Crittendon, Jessica D, Butkovic, Katie B, Price, Michelle, Hurst   +4 more
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Causal analysis of academic performance

Behavior Genetics, 1977
Maximum likelihood methods are presented to test for the relations between causes and effects in linear path diagrams, without assuming that estimates of causes are free of error. Causal analysis is illustrated by published data of the Equal Educational Opportunity Survey, which show that American schools do not significantly modify socioeconomic ...
D C, Rao, N E, Morton, R C, Elston, S, Yee   +3 more
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Online and face-to-face classroom multitasking and academic performance: Moderated mediation with self-efficacy for self-regulated learning and gender

Computers in Human Behavior, 2020
Research has shown that multitasking in classrooms negatively impacts students' academic performance. This study investigated the indirect effects of multitasking on academic performance (i.e., Grade Point Average [GPA]) through self-efficacy for self ...
A. Alghamdi, A. Karpinski, Andrew Lepp, J. Barkley   +3 more
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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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Fieldwork Performance and Academic Grades

American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 1985
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. The results are similar to earlier studies,
W C, Mann, N, Banasiak
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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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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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Academic Integration, Academic Performance, and Retrospective Evaluations of Own Performance

The Irish Journal of Psychology, 2009
This longitudinal study examined the relationships among students' global self-esteem, academic integration, expectations of own academic performance, and actual academic performance over the period of one academic year. The participants, recruited through opportunity sampling, were first and second year Northern Irish university undergraduates ...
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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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THE IMPACT OF SOCIAL MEDIA ON STUDENTS' ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE

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With the advancement of the Internet and telecommunication technologies, social media has become an integral part of our day to day lives. It facilitates the interaction among people by sharing information regardless of the location and time barriers ...
Eshikha Gupta, Anuja Chavan, Pooja Yadav, Sunita Yadav   +3 more
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