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Siegle, Del; Rubenstein, Lisa DaVia; Mitchell, Melissa S. – Gifted Child Quarterly, 2014
Academic motivation is important for students' task persistence, academic performance, and college selection. The goal of this qualitative study was to understand academic motivation from the students' perspective. Focus group discussions with 28 university honors freshman revealed that students most often attributed their interest and motivation…
Descriptors: Student Motivation, Qualitative Research, Student Attitudes, College Freshmen
McCoach, D. Betsy; Siegle, Del – 2001
This report discusses the outcomes of a study that investigated the relationship between student scores on the five sub-scales of the School Attitude Assessment Survey-Revised (SAAS-R) and the academic achievement of known groups of gifted achievers and gifted underachievers. The study examined whether gifted achievers and gifted underachievers…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academically Gifted, Data Analysis, Data Interpretation