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Title Handbook of academic performance : predictors, learning strategies and influences of gender / Rolf Haumann and George Zimmer, editors
Published [Hauppauge], New York : Nova Science Publishers, [2013]

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Description 1 online resource
Series Education in a competitive and globalizing world
Contents HANDBOOK OF ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE ; HANDBOOK OF ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE ; CONTENTS ; PREFACE ; GENDER, PERSONALITY AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE: SELF-DETERMINATION THEORY AND REGULATORY FOCUS THEORY AS LEVERS TO OPEN THE BLACK BOX BETWEEN GENDER, PERSONALITY, ACADEMIC EFFORT AND PERFORMANCE ; ABSTRACT ; 1. INTRODUCTION ; 2. SELF-DETERMINATION THEORY AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE ; 2.1. Autonomous and Controlled Motivation ; 2.2. Values Orientations ; 3. REGULATORY FOCUS THEORY AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE ; 3.1. Central Concepts and Propositions ; 3.2. Predictive Validity towards Academic Performance
3.3. Relatedness to Personality and Gender 4. METHOD ; 4.1. Data ; 4.2. Measures ; 5. RESULTS ; 5.1. Antecedents of Academic Effort ; 5.1.1. Gender and Personality as Antecedents of Effort ; 5.1.2. Motivation Regulation As Antecedent of Effort ; 5.2. Antecedents of Academic Performance ; 5.2.1. Gender and Personality as Antecedents of Academic Performance ; 5.2.2. Motivation Regulation as Antecedent of Academic Performance ; 5.3. Interrelationships between the Antecedents of Effort and Academic Performance ; 5.3.1. Gender Differences in Personality and Motivation Regulation
5.3.2. Relationships between Personality and Motivation Regulation 5.4. Relative Weight of the Antecedents of Effort and Academic Performance ; CONCLUSION ; REFERENCES ; PERFORMANCE STANDARDS IN HIGHER EDUCATION: TRUTH AND CONSEQUENCES ; ABSTRACT ; INTRODUCTION ; DIRECTIONS OF CHANGE ; Trends for Individuals ; Trends for Business/Industry ; Trends for Education ; SETTING PERFORMANCE STANDARDS FOR INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING IN A CHANGED AND CHANGING WORLD ; Determining What New Knowledge to Introduce in the Curricula ; Setting Performance Standards
BALANCING STUDENT GOALS, EMPLOYER EXPECTATION, AND HIGHER EDUCATION PERFORMANCE STANDARDS Student Perspectives ; Student/Faculty Interactions ; Faculty Perspectives; Employer Perspectives ; The Dilemma; CONCLUSION ; REFERENCES ; ACADEMIC GRADES AND MOTIVATION IN HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE CLASSROOMS AMONG MALE AND FEMALE STUDENTS: ASSOCIATIONS WITH TEACHERS' CHARACTERISTICS, BELIEFS, AND PRACTICES ; ABSTRACT ; MOTIVATIONAL PROCESSES AND GENDERIN HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE CLASSES ; TEACHER BELIEFS ABOUT GENDER AND SCIENCE ; TEACHERS' INTERACTION PATTERNS WITH MALE AND FEMALE STUDENTS
Teacher Beliefs and PracticesStudy Goals ; METHOD ; Context ; Participants ; Students ; Teachers ; Data Collection and Measures ; Student Outcomes ; Teacher Student Interactions ; Teacher Beliefs ; RESULTS ; Gender Comparisons on Science-related Outcomes ; Teacher Beliefs ; Explicit Beliefs about Gender ; Implicit Beliefs about Gender; Observations of Classroom Practices ; Observation Rating Indicators ; Who Teachers Talked to and with What Purpose; Initiators of Verbal Interaction ; Alignment of Beliefs and Practices; DISCUSSION ; REFERENCES
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher
Subject Academic achievement.
College students -- Psychology.
Women college students.
students.
EDUCATION -- Higher.
Academic achievement
College students -- Psychology
Women college students
Form Electronic book
Author Haumann, Rolf, editor
Zimmer, George, 1968- editor.
LC no. 2020679319
ISBN 9781624178894
1624178898