First-Year Students Background and Academic Achievement: The Mediating Role of Student Engagement

First-Year Students Background and Academic Achievement: The Mediating Role of Student Engagement

The current study aimed to analyze the relationships between students’ background variables (students’ academic preparation and sociocultural status), students’ cognitive and behavioral engagement, and an outcome variable (academic achievement). One sample of 380 first-year students who were studyin...

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Main Authors: Luísa Ribeiro, Pedro Rosário, José Carlos Núñez, Martha Gaeta, Sonia Fuentes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
cognitive engagement
behavioral engagement
academic achievement
first-year students
structural equation modeling
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02669/full

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