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Hodges, Daniel L. – 1988
Developed to help instructors prevent their students from dropping out, this paper presents findings from the psychological literature that pertain to persistence. The paper focuses on research concerning: (1) goals, sub-goals, and feedback, which asserts that persistence at a task is influenced by goals, by whether or not a series of subgoals…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Cognitive Psychology, Community Colleges, Research Utilization
