In this paper we propose a dynamic model to understand the evolution of the academic underachievement in high school in Spain. This model is based on ideas of Christakis and Fowler where individual habits may be transmitted by social contact. Thus, to build the model we suppose that a student has academic failure when she/he gets into study habits transmitted by students with bad academic habit...

The paper reports on the findings of a funded research project which investigated factors related to academic success and failure in a Faculty of Arts. The project initially aimed to explore failure which resulted when students remained enrolled but submitted no items for assessment. The initial aim was to investigate whether the problem resided essentially in characteristics of non-completing ...

This paper aims to define the best building orientation for parts manufactured with the laminated object manufacturing technique (LOM), to enhance their flexural performance. Previous research has shown that parts manufactured with LOM have the ability to withstand higher deflections than components created through other layer manufacturing techniques, but, so far, no relation between the build...

ôbjective: this research was conducted to study the relationship between attribution and academic procrastination in üniversity students. methods: the subjects were 203 undergraduate students, 55 males and 148 females, selected from ënglish and french language and literature students of tabriz üniversity. data were gathered through procrastination âssessment scale-student (pâss) and çausal dime...

This paper investigates the role of social capital and school structure on the academic success of Latino students. A review of the literature on previous explanations of Latino failure, research on academically successful Latinos, and the role of social capital and school structure on Latino academic success are investigated. The research shows that the way students are tracked in school plays...

The present paper examines the sociological factors affecting the decline in academic failure. In this study, the theoretical approaches of functionalism, structuralism, interactivity and critique are used. Using literature and research history, four hypotheses were extracted. From the point of view of the target, it is a survey method. The statistical population of this research includes secon...