introduction: the students’ academic achievement is of paramount significance for their future accomplishments. academic achievement is associated with various effective factors, one of which is self-esteem. the current study was conducted to assess the correlation between self-esteem and academic achievement of the midwifery students at mashhad university of medical sciences in 2013. methods: ...

the aim of present research was examine of relationship between destruction meta-cognitive beliefs and academic achievement of students with test anxiety. for this purpose, 243 girls and boys subjects with test anxiety of 900 students of guidance schools of noshar city were determined as the sample of study. for gathering the data, meta-cognition questionnaire and test anxiety inventory were us...

This study explored the associations between health awareness, health behaviour, subjective health status, and satisfaction of students with their educational experience as independent variables and three outcomes of educational achievement as dependent variables. We undertook two simultaneous cross-sectional surveys among students from one University in the UK during 2008-2009. The first surve...

The present study examined the predictiveness of self-regulated learning strategies and goal orientation of elementary students’ academic achievement. Eighty one (n = 81) fifth graders were asked to respond to two scales. It was hypothesized that student achievement would be predicted by prior achievement, use of self-regulation strategies, and goal orientation. Results showed that prior achiev...

Using the ECLS-K national database, this study compared the self-concepts in reading, math, general academic (all-subjects), and peer areas for third-grade students with and without identified learning disabilities. Unlike most similar research on academic selfconcept, students’ measured achievement in reading and math was controlled, thereby effectively comparing students at similar levels of ...

Elementary and middle school students who are blind or visually impaired (VI) lag up to three years behind non-disabled peers in mathematics achievement. We investigated the impact of academic supports in the school on mathematics achievement, controlling grade, gender, cognitive disability, and family SES. Data were from SEELS (Special Education Elementary Longitudinal Study) that followed a n...

Analyses examined academic achievement data across third through eighth grades (N = 26,474), comparing students identified as homeless or highly mobile (HHM) with other students in the federal free meal program (FM), reduced price meals (RM), or neither (General). Achievement was lower as a function of rising risk status (General > RM > FM > HHM). Achievement gaps appeared stable or widened bet...

This study investigated the relationships between the active learning strategies (discussion, video clips, game show, role– play, five minute paper, clarification pauses, and small group) and academic achievement among a sample of 158 undergraduate psychology students in The University of the West Indies (UWI), Barbados. Results revealed statistically significant positive correlations between a...

The present study aimed at analyzing whether the engineering students with high and low achievement motivation differed from each other in personality or not? Total sample of 559 (305 boys and 254 girls) engineering students was taken from different engineering colleges of Punjab. This study focused at investigating how big five factors of personality i.e. Neuroticism, Extraversion, Openness to...

introduction: students learn similarly in terms of ability and talent, but they have many differences in academic achievement. these differences can be shown not only in school lessons but also in other extra-curricular activities. the present study aims to investigate the factors affecting academic motivation and achievement motivation in students of kermanshah university of medical sciences. ...