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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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The Relationship between Intrinsic Motivation and Academic Achievement for First Generation Latino College Students
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Trevino, Naomi Noel; DeFreitas, Stacie Craft – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2014
Hispanic students are pursuing higher education more than in previous years and they often represent their family as the first member to attend college (Strage in "Coll Stud J" 33:198-205, 1999). Past educational research has studied the influence of intrinsic motivation on academic achievement in various ethnically diverse elementary,…
Descriptors: Correlation, Student Motivation, First Generation College Students, Hispanic American Students
Differences between African American and European American First-Year College Students in the Relationship between Self-Efficacy, Outcome Expectations, and Academic Achievement
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DeFreitas, Stacie Craft – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2012
First-year African American and European American college students were surveyed to examine ethnic differences in how their social cognitive beliefs (self-efficacy and outcome expectations) influenced their academic achievement. It was hypothesized that outcome expectations may better explain academic achievement for African Americans due to the…
Descriptors: African Americans, College Freshmen, Self Efficacy, Ethnic Groups