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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Academic effort"”.
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The Associations Between Parental Involvement and Science Achievement via Children's Perceived Academic Competence and Academic Effort
… and indirectly, through their perceived academic competence and academic effort across gender and race/ethnicity groups using data from the Longitudinal Study of American Youth (LSAY). The ecological model, social cultural contexts of parental academic socialization, the parental …
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Writing to the Edge: Motivating Reluctant Rural Adolescent Male Learners
… produced products below their level with little academic effort. Recommendations stemming from this study include building intrinsic motivation by promoting student autonomy, challenging students to explore their own interests, incorporating engaging interactions with reading and writing, and …
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Design and analysis of a Non-Pressurized Manned Submersible
… future requirements. This thesis is strictly an academic effort intended to demonstrate that through deliberate, cost-effective modifications and a systematic reorganization within their existing hull form, NPMS of today can meet the mission criteria of tomorrow. Moreover, performance objectives …
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Tools to analyse cell signaling models
… by complex interactions within the human body. Efforts to understand and treat these diseases have only been partially successful. There is currently a huge commercial and academic effort devoted to computational biology to address the shortfalls of qualitative biology. This research has become …
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Longitudinal exploration of student retention, pre-entry attributes, and institutional experiences
… and the institution. Interactions in both the academic and social realm of the university aid in establishing a student’s sense of belonging (Tinto, 1993; Stage, 1989). If students depart prematurely, they not only lose opportunities for themselves but the university loses the opportunity of …
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Perspectives on attitudes, engagement, expectations and aspirations pre- and post-secondary school
… contributors to post-transitional decline in academic effort. De Bruyn (2005) argues that engagement is a strong predictor of academic achievement and Marjoribanks (2003) hypothesizes that post-transition academic performance has a significant impact on the formation of adolescents' …