High school graduation rates gradually increased to 80% until 1968, at which point there was a steady decline until 2002 when the passage of No Child Left Behind required states to measure and increase graduation rates for all students (Kamenetz, 2015). With this greater accountability in place, educators readily identified ninth grade as a…

This study was carried out to investigate the motivational persistence levels of students who received sports education and examine in terms of some demographic variables. In the study, the "Motivational Persistence Scale" consisting of long-term purposes pursuing, current purposes pursuing, recurrence of unattained purposes…

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to investigate the role of a second-order state-like construct "psychological capital" (or PsyCap) as an underlying mechanism explaining the personality-academic achievement (AA) relationship in the educational context. Design/methodology/approach: The conceptual model was statistically tested on a…

Teaching and understanding mathematics is a significant concern in any educational system. Largish efforts are made by various researchers to find out the causes of students' performance in the subject. Despite every one of these endeavors issues still, endure. The researchers used a descriptive-correlational design to gather data through an…

The volume of transfer students across college and university campuses in the United States continues to rise; however, institutions continue to struggle with identifying and applying best practices that encourage these students to earn their baccalaureate degree at rates comparable to their non-transferring peers. Prior research suggests many…

This non-experimental, quantitative study used a correlational research design to determine if a significant, positive relationship existed between students' completion of a series of CTE courses and earning industry-recognized credentials and sense of self-efficacy toward employment pursuits. The study further sought to determine if a…

Nation-building and giving back represent a cyclical relationship rooted in Indigenous ways of knowing. To give back in a postsecondary context means to acquire a college degree to help advance efforts of nation-building. Therefore, students' desire to give back is an Indigenous teaching that emphasizes relationality relationships, reciprocity,…

The aim of this study was to examine the relationships between teacher candidates' academic motivations, engagements, burnouts and academic achievements with structural equation modelling. The participants of the research consisted of teacher candidates studying in the faculty of education at a state university in Eastern Turkey (n=861). The…

Misconceptions and insufficient knowledge related to attention and multitasking can negatively influence academic performance. As part of an educational intervention titled "Attention Matters!" designed to address these issues, 298 college students completed an online module that included the Counterproductive Beliefs Survey (CBS) both…

This research examines the relationships between first-year college students' attendance at campus-sponsored extracurricular events and grade point average, persistence from fall to spring, and retention to the second year. Students' attendance at various campus life events over the course of an academic year was tracked by scanning students'…

The aim of this study is to investigate The effect of logical thinking skills on the success of mathematics course at the Metacognitive Awareness of Secondary School Students. The research was conducted in the Siirt city centre of Fevzi Çakmak Secondary School with 120 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th grade students in 2018-2019 education year. The data were…

The present study was conducted to assess the links between in-class use of social media and academic and social school adjustment of high school students attending 9th and 10th grade in Lithuania. Participants included 216 girls and 103 boys aged 14 to 17 years (M = 15.60) attending high schools in the second largest city of Lithuania.…

Residential living requirements benefit students in a variety of meaningful ways. Living on campus can be an effective conduit in helping college students feel more committed and connected to their institutions. Existing research has demonstrated that students who live on-campus tend to be retained at higher rates, achieve higher grade point…

College writing center practices differ greatly from the types of conventional writing instruction students and faculty are used to in classrooms. While conventional college lectures typically lead to a summative assessment in the form of grades based on students' performance on high-stakes assignments, writing centers are seen as tutoring centers…

A small public historically Black college and university (HBCU) is offering the Providing Opportunities with Education and Readiness (POWER), a summer program to improve precollege high school students' academic performance and subsequent retention once in college. The problem investigated by this study was the low retention rates and grade point…