Browsing Masters Theses by Subject "Academic achievement."
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Bridging the gap between post-secondary students with disabilities and faculty members with their perceptions of access and accommodation
(Brock University, 2008-06-01)The purpose of this study was to identify factors related to successful university course completion for students with disAbilities including the knowledge that faculty members and students with disAbilities have about ... -
The effect of schooling on student self-concept /|nRonald S. Cowley. -- 260 St. Catharines [Ont. : s. n.],
(Brock University, 1976-07-09)The following research paper was a study into change in student academic and general self-concept with increase in grade level and age# The majority of literature found by this researcher dealt with self-concept and its ... -
Explicit/implicit training of cooperative learning with junior elementary students /
(Brock University, 1997-05-21)This experimental study examined the effects of cooperative learning and expliciUimpliGit instruction on student achievement and attitudes toward working in cooperative groups. Specifically, fourth- and fifth-grade ... -
An investigation of adolescent constructs of stress and academic achievement /
(Brock University, 1999-05-21)The present study was a phenomenological investigation of adolescent constructs of stress and academic achievement. The study utilised a modified version of George Kelly's Repertory Grid Technique to provide direct insight ... -
A multidimensional measurement approach and analysis of children's motivation for reading, attributional style, and reading achievement
(Brock University, 2008-11-04)The present study investigates the usefulness of a multi-method approach to the measurement of reading motivation and achievement. A sample of 127 elementary and middle-school children aged 10 to 14 responded to measures ... -
Predictors of academic achievement and social competence in adolescence : facilitation, inhibition and general cognitive processing /
(Brock University, 1998-05-21)The relevance of attentional measures to cognitive and social adaptive behaviour was examined in an adolescent sample. Unlike previous research, the influence of both inhibitory and facilitory aspects of attention were ...