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Students' Persistence and Academic Success in a First-Year Professional Bachelor Program : The Influence of Students' Learning Strategies and Academic Motivation
Joint Authors
Gijbels, David
Vanthournout, Gert
Donche, Vincent
Van Petegem, Peter
Coertjens, Liesje
Source
Education Research International
Issue
Vol. 2012, Issue 2012 (31 Dec. 2012), pp.1-10, 10 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2012-09-20
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
10
Main Subjects
Topics
Abstract EN
The present study explores whether students' learning strategies and academic motivation predict persistence and academic success in the first year of higher education.
Freshmen students in a professional bachelor program in teacher education were questioned on their learning strategy use and motivation at the start and at the end of the academic year.
Students' learning strategies were assessed using the inventory of learning styles-SV.
Motivation was measured using scales from the self-regulation questionnaire and the academic motivation scale.
Gender and students' prior education were incorporated as control variables.
Logistic regression analyses and general linear modelling were applied to predict persistence and academic success, respectively.
In each case a stepwise approach in data analysis was used.
Results on persistence indicate that lack of regulation and amotivation at the start of the year are significant predictors.
For academic success, results showed that relating and structuring, lack of regulation, and lack of motivation at the end of the year are meaningful predictors.
Overall, our study demonstrates that learning strategies and motivation have a moderate explanatory value regarding academic success and persistence, and that these effects remain even after controlling for the influence of background variables.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Vanthournout, Gert& Gijbels, David& Coertjens, Liesje& Donche, Vincent& Van Petegem, Peter. 2012. Students' Persistence and Academic Success in a First-Year Professional Bachelor Program : The Influence of Students' Learning Strategies and Academic Motivation. Education Research International،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-10.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Vanthournout, Gert…[et al.]. Students' Persistence and Academic Success in a First-Year Professional Bachelor Program : The Influence of Students' Learning Strategies and Academic Motivation. Education Research International No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-449988
American Medical Association (AMA)
Vanthournout, Gert& Gijbels, David& Coertjens, Liesje& Donche, Vincent& Van Petegem, Peter. Students' Persistence and Academic Success in a First-Year Professional Bachelor Program : The Influence of Students' Learning Strategies and Academic Motivation. Education Research International. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-10.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-449988
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-449988