ERIC Number: EJ870431
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Publication Date: 2009-Dec
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Variables Contributing to Academic Success in an Intermediate Statistics Course: The Importance of Learned Resourcefulness
Kennett, Deborah; Young, Anna May; Catanzaro, Maria
Educational Psychology, v29 n7 p815-830 Dec 2009
We examined the variables contributing to statistical anxiety, statistical resourcefulness and grades in an intermediate statistics course. Questionnaires assessing the aforementioned variables, as well as general resourcefulness, statistical self-efficacy and attitudes, and grade goals were completed by 168 students in September and in January. Our findings revealed that students possessing a larger repertoire of general resourcefulness skills and higher statistical self-efficacy were more likely to rely on statistical self-control strategies, and, as a result, attain higher grades. Students having higher statistical test anxiety were not only less generally and statistically resourceful, but they were also more likely to be aiming for lower grades and attributing past performance disappointments to lack of ability and task difficulty. (Contains 4 tables and 1 figure.)
Descriptors: Grades (Scholastic), Self Efficacy, Statistics, Test Anxiety, Correlation, Self Control, Models, Predictor Variables, Universities, Psychology, Undergraduate Students, Mathematics Instruction
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Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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