Examination Of College Student Achievement Within An Ecological Framework

<p>This study examined the extent to which variance in college student achievement was explained by self-efficacy, motivation, study habits, extracurricular activity involvement, perceptions of social support, and perceptions of support from faculty and the university as a whole. Participants were 195 college students (54 males, 141 females; mean age 20.84) from a large, urban Midwestern university, primarily a first-generation, commuter campus. Several themes surfaced, including the importance of self-efficacy and organizing study habits in predicting student achievement. Implications with respect to prevention and intervention in order to optimize college student achievement are discussed.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Open Access Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Educational Psychology

Year dc:date.available

2015

Author dc:creator

• Mangus, Lauren

Contributors dc:contributor

• Cheryl Somers

• ecological framework
• organizational skills
• post-secondary
• self-efficacy
• student achievement
• Educational Psychology

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/oa_dissertations/1152

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.wayne.edu:oa_dissertations-2151