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van Rooij, Els C. M.; Jansen, Ellen P. W. A.; van de Grift, Wim J. C. M. – European Journal of Psychology of Education, 2018
Considering the pivotal role of academic adjustment for student success, it is important to gain insight into how several motivational and behavioural factors affect academic adjustment and the extent to which academic adjustment influences student success. This empirical study investigated how intrinsic motivation, academic self-efficacy,…
Descriptors: Student Adjustment, Success, Student Motivation, Self Efficacy
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Huerta, Jeffery; Watt, Karen M. – American Secondary Education, 2015
This quantitative study examined first-year university and community college students who were former Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) high school students. Participants in this study were students from groups that are underrepresented in higher education. In the first sample of 329 graduates, grade point average and college credit…
Descriptors: College Preparation, High School Graduates, College Bound Students, Two Year College Students
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Hess, Jonathan H.; And Others – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1983
For 224 freshmen students, the degree of relationship was sought between two criterion measures (grade point average (GPA) and units satisfactorily completed) and four cognitive and eleven affective variables. High school GPA was the most valid predictor; affective variables explained only 40-60 percent as much variance as high school GPA.…
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Cognitive Ability, College Credits, College Freshmen