| Personal Factors That Influence Deaf College Students' Academic Success. | |
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PMID: 21558157 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Research tells us that academic preparation is key to deaf students' success at college. Yet, that is not the whole story. Many academically prepared students drop out during their first year. This study identified entering deaf college students' personal factors as assessed by their individual responses to both the Noel-Levitz College Student Inventory Form B and the Learning and Study Strategies Inventory, second edition (LASSI). Entering students in 3 successive cohorts (total n =437) participated in this study. Results show that in addition to entry measurements of reading and mathematic skills, personal factors contributed to the academic performance of students in their first quarter in college. The Noel-Levitz provided the comparatively better predictive value of academic performance: Motivation for Academic Study Scale (e.g., desire to finish college). The LASSI also showed statistically significant predictors, the Self-Regulation Component (e.g., time management) and Will Component (e.g., self-discipline), but accounted for relatively less variability in the students' initial grade point averages. For this group of underprepared students, results show that personal factors can play a significant role in academic success. Deaf students' personal factors are discussed as they relate to other first-year college students and to their subsequent academic performance and persistence. |
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John A Albertini; Ronald R Kelly; Mary Karol Matchett |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-5-9 |
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Title: Journal of deaf studies and deaf education Volume: - ISSN: 1465-7325 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 May |
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Created Date: 2011-5-11 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9889915 Medline TA: J Deaf Stud Deaf Educ Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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National Technical Institute for the Deaf, Rochester Institute of Technology. |
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