How Students Explain Their Academic Performance
- 1 January 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Higher Education Research & Development
- Vol. 4 (1) , 89-93
- https://doi.org/10.1080/0729436850040107
Abstract
A survey of 563 students at an Australian university found that effort was seen to be the major cause of their first year grades by both successful and unsuccessful students. Younger students were more likely than older students to attribute importance to their study methods. This is particularly encouraging, given the findings of earlier studies that it is indeed the younger students who are most likely to be utilising inappropriate learning strategies and, probably in consequence, performing less ably in their examinations.Keywords
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