A female advantage in school marks is a common finding in education research, and it
extends to most course subjects (eg, language, math, science), unlike what is found on …

El objetivo de este trabajo es determinar los factores asociados al rendimiento académico,
para el año lectivo 2010-2011, de los estudiantes de primer año de las carreras de Trabajo …

Não obstante as importantes transformações operadas nas instituições portuguesas de
ensino terciário, desde os últimos anos do Estado Novo, e os esforços para cumprir a …

Purpose Academic success and failure are relevant lifelines for economic success in the
knowledge-based economy. The purpose of this paper is to predict the propensity of …

This research aims at examining the role of autonomy support and passion in the
persistence of students involved in higher education. In academic settings, autonomy …

The current study explored individual differences in ability and motivation factors of retention
in first-year college students. We used discrete-time survival mixture analysis to model …

In this paper we provide an overview of the literature on understandings of drop out/opt out
from science, technology and mathematics (STM) higher education programmes. After …

Students' perceptions during their first semester at university may be critical in the decision
to continue or discontinue studies. In this study we consider students' perceptions of what …

Existen muchas investigaciones sobre el rendimiento académico realizadas con distintos
enfoques y diferentes variables que influyen en el mismo. Su concepto comprende la …

This study examined the extent to which the association between increased student
absence and lower achievement outcomes varied by student and school‐level …