Event Title
Exploring First-generation College Students’ Academic Motivation, Success, and Persistence: Preliminary Findings (SERA Research Grant Awardee Presentation)
Date of Publication
2-3-2021
Document Type
Presentation
Abstract
Academic motivation has been recognized as a key factor to academic success and persistence among college students including first-generation students. Previous studies in this area have found a positive relationship between academic motivation and persistence among first-generation students through a variable-centered approach. Few studies have adopted a person-centered approach to explore the relationship between motivation profiles and school persistence. The overarching purpose of the study is to examine whether first-generation college students’ motivation orientation is related to persistence and learning outcomes. This presentation will focus on preliminary findings while the data collection is on-going
Keywords
Success, College Students
Persistent Identifier
http://hdl.handle.net/10950/2953
Exploring First-generation College Students’ Academic Motivation, Success, and Persistence: Preliminary Findings (SERA Research Grant Awardee Presentation)
Academic motivation has been recognized as a key factor to academic success and persistence among college students including first-generation students. Previous studies in this area have found a positive relationship between academic motivation and persistence among first-generation students through a variable-centered approach. Few studies have adopted a person-centered approach to explore the relationship between motivation profiles and school persistence. The overarching purpose of the study is to examine whether first-generation college students’ motivation orientation is related to persistence and learning outcomes. This presentation will focus on preliminary findings while the data collection is on-going