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Reciprocal Relations between Achievement Goals and Academic Performance in a Collectivist Higher Education Context: A Longitudinal Study
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An, Min; Zhang, Xiao; Wang, Ying; Zhao, Jingxin; Kong, Lingyue – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2022
This study examined the bidirectional longitudinal relations between achievement goals and academic performance among Chinese college students. The Achievement Goal Questionnaire was administered to a sample of Chinese college students (N = 311) in their first and third years of study. Their end-of-term grade point averages were used as measures…
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, Academic Achievement, Collectivism, College Environment
Role of College Environment on Students' Soft Skills: Achievement Goal Structure
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Zhang, Qiannan; Lin, Sheng; Liu, Jinlan; Zhang, Jingyi – College Teaching, 2022
The development of undergraduate students' soft skills is crucial because their chances to satisfactorily deal with the demands of various environments and interlocutors increases with the development of their soft skills. Based on the achievement goal theory, this study aimed to examine the role of the school environment in fostering students'…
Descriptors: College Environment, Soft Skills, Goal Orientation, Undergraduate Students
A Study on Academic Adaptation of International Students in China
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Hussain, Mudassir; Shen, Hong – Higher Education Studies, 2019
This qualitative study investigated academic challenges, supports and the role of readiness in academic adaptation of international students. 20 international students were recruited for data collection employing semi-structured interviews. The results showed that three types including academic challenges, socio-cultural challenges and language…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Foreign Students, Student Adjustment, Coping
College Environment, Student Involvement, and Intellectual Development: Evidence in China
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Chi, Xianglan; Liu, Jinlan; Bai, Yin – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2017
China's higher education system has been marked by dramatic growth since 1999. In response to calls for quality assurance, substantial efforts have been made to improve collegiate environments and enhance student learning. However, only limited empirical research has been conducted to investigate the effects of the college environment on student…
Descriptors: College Environment, Student Participation, Intellectual Development, Foreign Countries
The Impact of Self-Concept and College Involvement on the First-Year Success of Medical Students in China
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Zhou, Ying-Xue; Ou, Chun-Quan; Zhao, Zhi-Tao; Wan, Cheng-Song; Guo, Cui; Li, Li; Chen, Ping-Yan – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2015
Students' first-year academic success plays a critical role on their overall development in college, which implies the need to concentrate on identifying ways to improve students' first-year academic success. Different from most research on the subject, this study attempted to combine the sociological perspective of college impact with a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Self Concept, Medical Students, Academic Achievement
The Routledge International Handbook of Higher Education
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Tight, Malcolm, Ed.; Mok, Ka Ho, Ed.; Huisman, Jeroen, Ed.; Morphew, Christopher, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2009
This volume is a detailed and up-to-date reference work providing an authoritative overview of the main issues in higher education around the world today. Consisting of newly commissioned chapters and impressive journal articles, it surveys the state of the discipline and includes the examination and discussion of emerging, controversial and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Economic Progress, Higher Education, Political Science