Author: Il-haam PetersenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Psychosocial Factors and Academic Performance Among First-year Financial Aid Students
Author: Il-haam PetersenPsychosocial Factors and Academic Performance
Author: Amber Carmen ArroyoPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
First-generation college students experience a disproportionate rate of challenges on college campuses, reflected by lower academic performance (AP). Research has identified psychosocial factors associated with AP: academic self-efficacy, optimism, goal orientation, and academic stress. However, this research has mostly been done on continuing-generation college students, and results may not generalize to first-generation students. We investigated whether established factors associated with AP hold the same relationships for first- and continuing-generation college students. A sample of 143 undergraduate students at a designated Hispanic-serving institution self-reported on several psychosocial factors that were used to predict midterm exam grade as an indicator of AP. We did not find the same association between AP and many of the psychosocial factors commonly identified in the literature. Further, we did not find a significant difference in AP among first- and continuing-generation students. However, there were other notable differences between these groups. None of the psychosocial factors held an independent relationship with AP for first-generation students, while for continuing-generation students, mastery-approach, performance-approach, and academic behavioral stress all significantly predicted AP. Overall, psychosocial factors explained a very small portion of the variance in AP among first-generation students (13.4%) while it explained considerably more for continuing-generation students (60.5%). Our findings suggest that none of the psychosocial factors included in the current study are effective pathways to improving AP among first-generation students. Our findings highlight that we do not understand first-generation students' AP and we suggest future research aim to identify new factors that may influence first-generation students' AP.
Academically Adrift
Author: Richard ArumPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226028577
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
In spite of soaring tuition costs, more and more students go to college every year. A bachelor’s degree is now required for entry into a growing number of professions. And some parents begin planning for the expense of sending their kids to college when they’re born. Almost everyone strives to go, but almost no one asks the fundamental question posed by Academically Adrift: are undergraduates really learning anything once they get there? For a large proportion of students, Richard Arum and Josipa Roksa’s answer to that question is a definitive no. Their extensive research draws on survey responses, transcript data, and, for the first time, the state-of-the-art Collegiate Learning Assessment, a standardized test administered to students in their first semester and then again at the end of their second year. According to their analysis of more than 2,300 undergraduates at twenty-four institutions, 45 percent of these students demonstrate no significant improvement in a range of skills—including critical thinking, complex reasoning, and writing—during their first two years of college. As troubling as their findings are, Arum and Roksa argue that for many faculty and administrators they will come as no surprise—instead, they are the expected result of a student body distracted by socializing or working and an institutional culture that puts undergraduate learning close to the bottom of the priority list. Academically Adrift holds sobering lessons for students, faculty, administrators, policy makers, and parents—all of whom are implicated in promoting or at least ignoring contemporary campus culture. Higher education faces crises on a number of fronts, but Arum and Roksa’s report that colleges are failing at their most basic mission will demand the attention of us all.
Leaving College
Author: Vincent TintoPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226922464
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
In this 1994 classic work on student retention, Vincent Tinto synthesizes far-ranging research on student attrition and on actions institutions can and should take to reduce it. The key to effective retention, Tinto demonstrates, is in a strong commitment to quality education and the building of a strong sense of inclusive educational and social community on campus. He applies his theory of student departure to the experiences of minority, adult, and graduate students, and to the situation facing commuting institutions and two-year colleges. Especially critical to Tinto’s model is the central importance of the classroom experience and the role of multiple college communities.
Handbook of Research on Coping Mechanisms for First-Year Students Transitioning to Higher Education
Author: Aloka, Peter JoPublisher: IGI Global
ISBN: 1668469626
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 515
Book Description
Transitioning from secondary to higher education is not a natural step for many first-year students in higher education institutions. There is a considerable difference between being a student at school and university, and previous research has highlighted the difficulties faced by first-year university students during their transition phase. Higher education institutions and their departments acknowledge the challenges faced by new students, and they differ in their approach to coping with the issue; each seeks to find the most effective solution for its students. To reduce the withdrawal rate during the first year of college, higher education providers are expected to apply transition programs to help students transition. The Handbook of Research on Coping Mechanisms for First-Year Students Transitioning to Higher Education presents a comprehensive account of the dynamics in higher education institutions and culture shock for new students and analyzes models and theories of adjustment of new students in higher education institutions. Covering key topics such as gender, institutional support, and success factors, this reference work is ideal for administrators, higher education professionals, researchers, scholars, academicians, practitioners, instructors, and students.
The Relationship Between Psychosocial Factors and Academic Achievement of Selected College Freshman
Author: Dan WesleyBuilding Your Career in Psychology
Author: Marie S. HammondPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000478408
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
Building Your Career in Psychology is a new practical, aspirational, and experiential book designed to help readers make informed decisions about their college, career, and life success. The primary theme in this book is that psychological knowledge makes a difference in people’s lives. Building on this theme, this book provides an empowered process for making the most of college and other career preparation experience, helping the reader to set the stage for academic, career, and life success. This book emphasizes academic skills, unwritten rules, career planning, and developing relationships – both professional and personal. Moreover, this book includes evidence-based career development content and exercises, as well as other resources to assist readers in discovering their own path to a meaningful career and life. Highlights of this book include: Discussion of career options at the bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral levels Forms, handouts, and exercises (both basic and advanced) to facilitate deeper processing and application of content References and resources for further information Website with additional information, including instructor resources Recognition and respect for the diversity of people, their experiences, and paths Featuring the best practices in facilitating career decision-making and planning, this book is a must read for undergraduate and graduate students in psychology courses as well as anyone interested in a career in psychology.
Student Retention & Graduate Destination
Author: Moeketsi LetsekaPublisher: Human Sciences Research Council
ISBN: 9780796923097
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Student attrition has been a perennial theme in South African higher education throughout the decade. In its National Plan for Higher Education (2001), the Department of Education attributed high dropout rates primarily to financial and/or academic exclusions. Four years later, it reported that 30% of students dropped out in their first year of study and a further 20% during their second and third years. Against this backdrop, the erstwhile research programme on Human Resources Development initiated a research project to investigate more thoroughly why students dropped out, what led them to persist in higher education to graduation, and what made for a successful transition to the labour market. The chapters in this volume address these issues in relation to one or more of seven institutional case studies conducted in 2005.
Research Methods and Applications for Student Affairs
Author: J. Patrick BiddixPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1119466148
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
A COMPREHENSIVE RESOURCE FOR UNDERSTANDING AND APPLYING RESEARCH METHODS Research Methods and Applications for Student Affairs offers students and professionals in the field an authoritative and accessible guide to help navigate research in student affairs. This comprehensive resource on research methods instruction clearly shows how to interpret the various forms of research, how to be critical as a research consumer, and how to use research to inform practice. Author J. Patrick Biddix—a noted scholar and expert in the field—presents a detailed overview of three qualitative-focused and four quantitative-focused research methods. The text reviews the basics of these qualitative and quantitative approaches and explores how to differentiate the major types of research as well as how to understand, read, evaluate, and apply results. Biddix also includes important information on using mixed methods approaches. The user-friendly text includes insights on key issues, as well as descriptions of the individual sections that comprise research studies. Also included is an overview of ethical considerations that apply specifically to student affairs. Research Methods and Applications for Student Affairs is an essential guide for enhancing research methods' skills, and offers direction for applying those skills in actual work situations.
Pre-college Psychosocial Factors
Author: Donna C. LangPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : College students
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description