This study tested the relationships among ethnic identity, other-group orientation, fatalism, and 2 dependent variables: attitude toward education and school, and grade point average (GPA). Mexican-origin adolescents (N = 222) completed the Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure (J. S. Phinney, 1992), the fatalism scale of the Multiphasic Assessment of Cultural Constructs-Short Form (I. Cuellar, B....

Previous studies, such as those by Kornell and Bjork (Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 14:219-224, 2007) and Karpicke, Butler, and Roediger (Memory, 17:471-479, 2009), have surveyed college students' use of various study strategies, including self-testing and rereading. These studies have documented that some students do use self-testing (but largely for monitoring memory) and rereading, but the ...

The weak performance of university undergraduates currently in Nigeria can be traced to the University admission structure. Applicants who met requirements Senior Secondary School Certificate by acquiring requisite five credits or its equivalent are seen as potential undergraduate students. Candidates score required cut off points Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and Post-Unifi...

Traditionally, individuals who choose a medical career know that they must meet specific program requirements in order to be considered a competitive prospective student. The criterion used by the majority of professional college programs includes the following elements: grade point average, standardized tests, health care experience and in-person interviews. Most programs weight the undergradu...

The career opportunities in computer programming are vast and rapidly increasing. Skilled software engineers, programmers, developers vigorously demand worldwide. capability to forecast a student's future can be helpful wide variety of pedagogical practices. Data mining is becoming more robust tool for analysis forecasting. Therefore, placement probabilities the field, data classification techn...

This study sets out to investigate the political literacy levels of preservice social studies teachers. In doing so, teachers have been analyzed in terms gender, grade and CGPA. Descriptive survey model is used study. The sample consists 1st, 2nd, 3rd 4th studying at Ağrı İbrahim Çeçen University. Political Literacy Scale developed by Köksalve Erol (2021) data obtained through are with Mann–Whi...

This paper uses a unique data set to measure peer effects among college roommates. Freshman year roommates and dormmates are randomly assigned at Dartmouth College. I find that peers have an impact on grade point average and on decisions to join social groups such as fraternities. Residential peer effects are markedly absent in other major life decisions such as choice of college major. Peer ef...