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The Relationship Between Course Assignments and Academic Performance: An Analysis of Predictive Characteristics of Student Performance

Conference Session
Engineering Economy Division Technical Session 3
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Deborah Ann Pedraza, Texas Tech University; Mario G. Beruvides P.E., Texas Tech University
Tagged Topics
ASEE Diversity Committee
Tagged Divisions
Engineering Economy
in their paper that portions of variance inacademic performance can be explained through different measures of effort and motivation onthe part of the student. They, further, state that these measures are true regardless ofsocioeconomic differences in the students’ backgrounds.[15] Marshall Geiger and Elizabeth Cooper,[16] tried to explain how expectancy theory andneeds theory variables could be used to predict student performance in college based on theirgrade point average.[16] Expectancy Theory as developed by Vroom[45] is defined as the“motivation to act is a combination of the perceived attractiveness of future outcomes and thelikelihood one’s actions will lead to these outcomes” and needs theory is defined as “individualmoated
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First Generation Students Identification with and Feelings of Belongingness in Engineering

Conference Session
Engineering Cultures and Identity
Collection
2016 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Hank Boone, University of Nevada, Reno; Adam Kirn, University of Nevada, Reno
Tagged Topics
ASEE Diversity Committee, Diversity
Tagged Divisions
Educational Research and Methods
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