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Sashikala, James Philomena; Chye, Stefanie Y. L. – Reading Psychology, 2023
Reading is a key ingredient in a student's education and their success as life-long learners. It is important in any subject taught in school, as textbooks and other written media are used to convey information being taught. Reading comprehension is an important component for student success both in and out of school. Reading is a key ingredient…
Descriptors: Self Management, Reading Strategies, Grade 6, Elementary School Students
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Wan Hoong Wong; Elaine Chapman – Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 2024
To reduce their attrition rates, institutions need to ensure that their students can manage the stressors they confront in their academic work and persist to complete their study programs. Given the significance of non-cognitive attributes in education, this study aimed to identify the non-cognitive profiles exhibited by students which related…
Descriptors: Student Characteristics, Stress Variables, Stress Management, Academic Persistence
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Sampson, James P., Jr.; Toh, Ruby – British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 2021
As a result of globalisation, automation and digitalisation, workers including those who are highly skilled, are facing worsening employment vulnerability and workforce disengagement. In this paper, we examine the career decision readiness of the unemployed and discouraged based on a nationally representative sample of 1621 highly skilled workers…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Career Choice, Decision Making, Career Readiness
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Liu, W. C.; Wang, John C. K.; Kang, H. J.; Kee, Ying Hwa – Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 2021
This study aims to examine the motivational profiles of Malay students in Singapore-based self-regulated learning framework (Pintrich & De Groot, 1990) and self-determination theory (SDT; Deci & Ryan, 1985). The sample consisted of 740 secondary school students from 24 tuition centres for Malay students only. The students were from three…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Questionnaires, Student Motivation, Student Characteristics
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Cheung, Yin Ling; Chu, Yi-Ning Joyce; Jang, Hari – Iranian Journal of Language Teaching Research, 2021
While the last two decades have witnessed a growing body of research on the quality of student writing, research on the impact of the socio-cognitive approach on young learners' writing has remained scarce. To fill this gap, this study investigates the effects of the socio-cognitive approach on the writing quality of 98 fourth graders in…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Writing Instruction, Writing Strategies, Writing Improvement
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Prikshat, Verma; Kumar, Sanjeev; Nankervis, Alan – Education & Training, 2019
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to conceptualise graduate work-readiness (GWR) and to develop a scale to measure it. Design/methodology/approach: The methodology entailed the compilation of a literature review and the conduct of qualitative interviews and a focus group to generate items. This study used the "resource-based view"…
Descriptors: Career Readiness, College Graduates, Employment Potential, Likert Scales