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Zumbrunn, Sharon; McKim, Courtney; Buhs, Eric; Hawley, Leslie R. – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2014
This explanatory sequential mixed methods study examined how belonging perceptions, academic motivation, and engagement might mediate the relationship between academic contextual characteristics and achievement using structural equation modeling and qualitative follow-up interviews with college students from a large, Midwestern university. In the…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Student Attitudes, Learning Motivation, Learner Engagement
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Rytkonen, Henna; Parpala, Anna; Lindblom-Ylanne, Sari; Virtanen, Viivi; Postareff, Liisa – Instructional Science: An International Journal of the Learning Sciences, 2012
The examination of academic progression has become an essential tool for measuring the effectiveness of educational systems. Research concerning the relationship between student learning and how they progress in their studies, however remains scarce. The aim of this study is two-fold: Firstly, the study aims to analyse first-year bioscience…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Structural Equation Models, Time Management, Academic Achievement