Goal Setting to Increase Student Academic Performance

Classroom goal structure, student motivation, and academic achievement.

Over the past 25 years, achievement goal theory has emerged as one of the most prominent theories of achievement motivation. This chapter uses an achievement goal framework to examine the influence of classroom and school environments on students' academic motivation and achievement. Considerable evidence suggests that elementary and secondary students show the most positive motivation and lear...

Challenges of student selection: Predicting academic performance

Finding accurate predidors of tertiary academic performance, specifically for disadvantaged students, is essential because of budget constraints and the need of the labour market to address employment equity. Increased retention, throughput and decreased dropout rates are vital. When making odmission decisions, the under preparedness of students necessitates that their potential cognitive abili...

College Student Technology Use and Academic Performance

As technology use continues to rise, especially among young individuals, there are concerns that excessive use of technology may impact academic performance. Researchers have started to investigate the possible negative effects of technology use on college academic performance, but results have been mixed. The following study seeks to expand upon previous studies by exploring the relationship a...

Modelling Engineering Student Academic Performance Using

Academic performance during student transition to university studies

Transition to university involves adapting to a new academic and social environment. Recent research on this process indicates that many students experience at least some difficulties during this transition, but that this may be alleviated by various institutional measures designed to assist students with the transition, e.g. the fostering of peer study groups. In 1997, the Faculty of Science a...