Download or read book Psychosocial Factors Predicting the Adjustment and Academic Performance of University Students written by Marc Sommer and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 710 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Student Retention Graduate Destination written by Moeketsi Letseka and published by Human Sciences Research Council. This book was released on 2010 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Pre college Psychosocial Factors written by Donna C. Lang and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Psychosocial Factors and Academic Performance written by Amber Carmen Arroyo and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book College Student Psychological Adjustment written by Jonathan F. Mattanah and published by Momentum Press. This book was released on 2016-08-11 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: College Student Psychological Adjustment provides the reader an in-depth understanding of students’ relationship experiences in college and how those experiences shape their adjustment to college. Each chapter examines research on one key relationship in a student’s life to better understand how those relationships are re-worked during the college years and what factors help determine adaptive relational outcomes. Along the way, a number of controversial topics are considered from a scholarly perspective, including the effects of helicopter parenting on students’ development in college, the prevalence and problematic nature of the hook-up culture on college campuses today, and policies related to whether students should be randomly assigned to live with their first-year roommates or be allowed to choose their roommates, based on a matching system. Aimed at advanced students and scholars in the fields of psychology, human development, and higher education, readers of this book will gain a fresh perspective on the relationship development of college students and possible avenues for intervention to help students enhance their relationships skills and prevent development of mental health difficulties.
Download or read book Academically Adrift written by Richard Arum and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2011-01-15 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Psychosocial Factors and Academic Performance Among First year Financial Aid Students written by Il-haam Petersen and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Leaving College written by Vincent Tinto and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2012-04-27 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book The Relationship of Psychosocial Factors and Academic Success written by and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Adjustment to University written by Nadiah Mohamed and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The transition to university presents students with considerable academic, social and emotional challenges. This thesis explored adjustment to university life in a UK post-1992 institution. Predictors of adjustment, patterns of adjustment over time and the effects of adjustment on student success were examined, using the Student Adaptation to College Questionnaire (SACQ). A preliminary study indicated that the 'psychological strength' variables demonstrated to be important for adjustment in international research (viz., self-esteem, self-efficacy, locus of control, social support and attachment security) also predicted adjustment in the current setting, and that emotional intelligence (EI) may also have something useful to offer as a predictor. Consequently, a follow-up study was undertaken to explore relations between adjustment to university and four disparate measures of EI. Results indicated that the self-report/trait EI measures (viz., the Schutte Emotional Intelligence Scale [SEIS], the Trait Emotional Intelligence Questionnaire - Short Form [TEIQue-SF] and the Emotional Self-Efficacy Scale [ESES]) were more strongly related to university adjustment criteria than the MSCEIT 'ability' measure, and that the TEIQue performed substantially better than the SEIS and ESES in this regard. However, the MSCEIT was superior with respect to the prediction of incremental variance in adjustment criteria over and above personality, IQ and other competing predictors. Longitudinal investigations of the course of adjustment over the first two years of university indicated that whilst levels of overall adjustment, personal-emotional adjustment and institutional attachment were relatively stable over time, academic and social adjustment demonstrated decreasing and increasing trends respectively. Moreover the longitudinal analyses indicated that psychosocial variables measured at the start of university predict not only short-term but also long-run patterns of adjustment; the initial adjustment advantage of those who scored higher on psychosocial variables during the second month of university was maintained over the first two years. Finally, relations between SACQ-measured adjustment in month two of university, and student success (i.e., continued enrolment and academic performance) in Years 1 and 2 were assessed. Associations between adjustment and Year 1 persistence were weak, and no relations were evident between adjustment and Year 2 persistence. Some adjustment facets were weakly predictive of Year 1 and Year 2 academic success.
Download or read book Family and Support Systems across the Life Span written by Suzanne K. Steinmetz and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-06-29 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Building Your Career in Psychology written by Marie S. Hammond and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-11-29 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Journal of International Students 2019 Vol 9 3 written by Krishna Bista and published by OJED/STAR. This book was released on 2019-08-10 with total page 932 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Journal of International Students (JIS), an academic, interdisciplinary, and peer-reviewed publication (Print ISSN 2162-3104 & Online ISSN 2166-3750), publishes scholarly peer reviewed articles on international students in tertiary education, secondary education, and other educational settings that make significant contributions to research, policy, and practice in the internationalization of higher education. visit: www.ojed.org/jis EDITORIAL Focusing on International Graduate Students Shyam Sharma RESEARCH ARTICLES The Price of Being International Career Outcomes of International Master's Recipients in U.S. Labor Market Xiushan Jiang, Dongbin Kim 732-757 Motivations for Studying Abroad and Immigration Intentions: The Case of Vietnamese Students Tran Le Huu Nghia 758-776 Social Capital and the U.S. College Experiences of International Student-Athletes and Non-Athletes Helen Forbes-Mewett, Madeleine Pape 777-794 Satisfiers and Dissatisfiers for International Vocational Education Students: A Case Study Using Narrative Frames Jonathon Ryan, Michael Rabbidge, Yi Wang, Jenny Field 795-814 Jeitinho as a Coping Strategy Used by Brazilian International Students for Acculturative Stress Silvia Alves Nishioka, Defne Akol 815-833 Exploring Oral English Learning Motivation in Chinese International Students with Low Oral English Proficiency Deyu Xing, Benjamin Bolden 834-855 Understanding Ostracism from Attachment Perspective: Testing a Moderated Mediation Model Ning Hou, Jinyan Fan, James Tan, Melissa Stuhlman, Cong Liu, Gustavo Valdez 856-872 Examining the Correlation between American Students’ Cultural Intelligence, Political Affiliations, and Their Social Distances from Their International Peers Sami B Mejri 873-895 Familiarity as a Family Close Friendships Between Malaysian Students and their Co-National Friends in the UK Nur Hafeeza Ahmad Pazil 896-911 RESEARCH IN BRIEF Mentoring and Supervising International Students in School Counseling Programs Bridget Asempapa 912-928 BOOK REVIEWS International Students in First-Year Writing A Journey Through Socio-Academic Space Anthony Schmidt 929-932
Download or read book College Student Psychological Adjustment written by Jonathan F. Mattanah and published by Momentum Press. This book was released on 2016-08-26 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: College Student Psychological Adjustment: Theory, Methods, and Statistical Trends introduces the reader to the college adjustment process, highlighting the many challenges facing college students today. The four chapters review recent trends in college attendance and mental and physical health problems of college students, classic and contemporary theories of college student development (such as Chickering’s seven vectors of development), and techniques for studying student adjustment, targeting five domains of adjustment most relevant to college students. The final chapter provides an overview of the unique adjustment challenges of ethnic minority students adjusting to predominantly white colleges as well as the adjustment process for minority students attending historically black colleges and universities. This book is aimed at advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and scholars in the fields of psychology, human development, and higher education who are interested in understanding the process of college adjustment. It is also an excellent starting point for scholars who may wish to design their own study of college students and their adjustment challenges.
Download or read book Non cognitive Skills and Factors in Educational Attainment written by Myint Swe Khine and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-07-28 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume addresses questions that lie at the core of research into education. It examines the way in which the institutional embeddedness and the social and ethnic composition of students affect educational performance, skill formation, and behavioral outcomes. It discusses the manner in which educational institutions accomplish social integration. It poses the question of whether they can reduce social inequality, – or whether they even facilitate the transformation of heterogeneity into social inequality. Divided into five parts, the volume offers new insights into the many factors, processes and policies that affect performance levels and social inequality in educational institutions. It presents current empirical work on social processes in educational institutions and their outcomes. While its main focus is on the primary and secondary level of education and on occupational training, the book also presents analyses of institutional effects on transitions from vocational training into tertiary educational institutions in an interdisciplinary and internationally comparative approach.
Download or read book Psychosocial Predictors of Adjustment Among First Year College of Education Students written by Samuel O. Salami and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this study was to examine the contribution of psychological and social factors to the prediction of adjustment to college. A total of 250 first year students from colleges of education in Kwara State, Nigeria, completed measures of self-esteem, emotional intelligence, stress, social support and adjustment. Regression analyses revealed that all the independent variables predicted adjustments. Social support interacted with stress to predict adjustment. Implications for the counselors, parents and college authorities in enhancing students' adjustment to college were discussed. Further, the findings implicated the need for college authorities to integrate activities designed to improve students' adjustment into college co-curricular activities meant for youth development. (Contains 2 tables and 1 figure.).
Download or read book ICEL 2018 13th International Conference on e Learning written by Professor Eunice Ivala and published by Academic Conferences and publishing limited. This book was released on 2018-07-05 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
