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“Do I need to read to do well?”: a post-pandemic case study of the reading habits and academic attainment of STEM and non-STEM students
Little is known about the reading habits and interests of college students in the post-pandemic environment, especially those of the understudied...
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The Scenic Route to Academic Attainment via Emotional Wellbeing Outdoors
This chapter presents a summary of a longitudinal mixed methods study tracking 11 children (aged 5–7 on entry), defined as disadvantaged in multiple...
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Differential attainment in assessment of postgraduate surgical trainees: a sco** review
IntroductionSolving disparities in assessments is crucial to a successful surgical training programme. The first step in levelling these inequalities...
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Name Writing Ability and Its Effect on Children Future Academic Attainment
This chapter discusses research conducted using PIPS data that suggests early name writing abilities may be a key predictive indicator of future...
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Mental health, gender, and higher education attainment
We compared the mental health of higher education students with that of nonstudents. Moreover, we examined whether the mental health of students...
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Pathways of opportunity in STEM: comparative investigation of degree attainment across different demographic groups at a large research institution
BackgroundWe used an opportunity gap framework to analyze the pathways through which students enter into and depart from science, technology,...
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The Other Students with Special Educational Needs and the Attainment Gap
The gap in students’ attainment is considered a central educational issue in England. Schools address the problem by develo** support strategies...
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The Role of Motivation in Student Engagement and Attainment
Self-determination theory (SDT) foregrounds the role of individual agency and the provision of students’ basic psychological experiences for...
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Consequences of Academic Selection
In this chapter, I critically review relevant literature on the consequences of academic selection that has been published since the beginning of the...
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Overview of Selected Intelligence and Attainment Tests
Educational attainment tests have a long history, with one of their earliest uses being the selection into, and graduation from, universities during...
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Correlates of adolescents’ STEM career aspirations: the importance of academic motivation, academic identity, and gender
The current study focuses on how academic motivation, academic identity, and gender work in concert to predict STEM career aspirations. We examined...
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Measuring academic self-efficacy and learning outcomes: the mediating role of university English students' academic commitment
Studying determinant factors for effective learning communities has become a priority for sustainable education in Yemen. Yet, comprehensive...
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The Latina Madre and Her Journey to Baccalaureate Degree Attainment
Advancement has been documented in the literature on education attainment among Latinas. However, very little research exists regarding the...
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Publication in the Australian medical student journal is associated with future academic success: a matched-cohort study
BackgroundMedical student journals (MSJs) help to introduce the fundamentals of academic research and publication to future doctors. It has recently...
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Some Implications of a Decelerating Meta-Metre for Attainment Variables
Like the physiological variables, all the intellectual variables analysed showed early rapid but decelerating growth with excellently estimated...
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Academic resilience in UK pharmacy education – a pilot study applying love and break up letters methodology
IntroductionAcademic resilience is seen as a positive attribute that supports academic attainment and protects against attrition and burnout. Studies...
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Historical Evolution of Academic Selection
This chapter outlines the historical developments that led to the introduction of the grammar school entrance tests in the United Kingdom, with a...
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Integrating Academic Integrity: An Educational Approach
This chapter explores an educational approach to support academic integrity and minimize student academic misconduct across a university or college....
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Predicting academic success: machine learning analysis of student, parental, and school efforts
Understanding what predicts students’ educational outcomes is crucial to promoting quality education and implementing effective policies. This study...
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The effect of the age at school entry on educational attainment and field of study: an analysis using the Spanish census
In countries with a school-entry cutoff date, individuals born right after the cutoff are almost 1 year older than individuals in the same school...
