The objective of the present study was to examine how motivation is related to academic achievement. The Motivated Strategies for Learning Questionnaire (MSLQ) was administered to 1,166 students at a polytechnic in Singapore as a measure for motivational beliefs and self-regulated learning strategies. In addition, students’ prior knowledge, achievement-related classroom behaviors, and academic ...

  This study was undertaken to examine the role of parental involvement dimensions in the academic motivation of primary school 6th graders in Babol. This research had a descriptive, correlational design. The statistical population of the study was comprised of 6th graders, along with their parents in school year 2017-18. The sample was drawn via one-stage cluster sampling method and based on M...

The motivation to engage students has been a challenge in teaching and learning statistics. This study investigates the effectiveness of online peer learning in enhancing students’ academic achievement and promoting their motivation. The researcher employed a quasi-nonequivalent (preand posttest) control group design to investigate the effectiveness of online peer learning. The participants in ...

c d p n the last three decades, the U.S. life expectancy has been rolonged by about one or two years each decade due to dvances in cardiovascular medicine. This improvement is he result of the development of better therapies rather than ardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention. Despite this imrovement, CVD continues to be the leading cause of death y far (Table 1), and its prevalence is increasin...

The controversial No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) brought test-based school accountability to scale across the United States. This study draws together results from multiple data sources to identify how the new accountability systems developed in response to NCLB have influenced student achievement, school-district finances, and measures of school and teacher practices. Our results indicate tha...

President Obama signed into law on March 23, 2010, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act1 and on March 30, 2010, the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010,2 known collectively as the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Over the next several years, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will need to implement many ACA provisions through regulations, while other provisio...

introduction: learning and study strategies are considered to be among the factors affecting students’ performance and also are essential for appropriate educational interventions. this study was conducted to determine the relationship between learning and study strategies and academic performance of students in alborz university of medical sciences. methods: in this descriptive, analytical, cr...

This study examines the relationship between psychosocial and study skill factors (PSFs) and college outcomes by meta-analyzing 109 studies. On the basis of educational persistence and motivational theory models, the PSFs were categorized into 9 broad constructs: achievement motivation, academic goals, institutional commitment, perceived social support, social involvement, academic self-efficac...