Interactions among students’ prior learning, aspiration, confidence and university entrance score as determinants of academic success
We studied the effect grade aspiration, confidence in achieving that grade, prior learning and university entrance ranking had on first year biology students’ final grade. We hypothesised that (1) students with higher aspiration will achieve higher grades than those with lower aspiration; (2) studen...
Main Authors: | Gerry Rayner, Theo Papakonstantinou |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Queensland University of Technology
2018-03-01
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Series: | Student Success |
Online Access: | https://studentsuccessjournal.org/article/view/438 |
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