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Scheel, Michael John; Madabhushi, Soumya; Backhaus, Autumn – Counseling Psychologist, 2009
School dropout is a problem that has distressing personal and societal consequences. Not surprising, students who drop out are typically not academically motivated. This phenomenological study examined the meanings that students construct about academic motivation while participating in a dropout prevention program that primarily uses counseling.…
Descriptors: Dropout Programs, Self Efficacy, Dropout Prevention, Dropouts
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Scheel, Michael J.; Gonzalez, Jaime – Professional School Counseling, 2007
A theoretical model of academic motivation consisting of (a) academic self-efficacy, (b) purposefulness and intentionality, and (c) support through school counseling for autonomous learning was explored with 346 high school juniors. Regression analysis indicated academic self-efficacy and utilization of school counseling to be significant…
Descriptors: Counseling Services, Self Efficacy, Student Motivation, School Counseling