Do Students with Varying Academic Ability Benefit Equally from Personal Qualities? : Applying a Trait and State Perspective

Kool, Ada; Mainhard, Tim; Jaarsma, A. D. C. Debbie; van Beukelen, Peter; Brekelmans, Mieke

Do Students with Varying Academic Ability Benefit Equally from Personal Qualities? : Applying a Trait and State Perspective

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Date

2018

Authors

Kool, Ada

Mainhard, Tim

Jaarsma, A. D. C. Debbie

van Beukelen, Peter

Brekelmans, Mieke

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Journal article

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Published

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Research in Higher Education ; 59 (2018), 8. - pp. 1021-1034. - ISSN 0361-0365. - eISSN 1573-188X

Abstract

Using multilevel models, this study examined whether students with varying academic ability benefit equally from perseverance and intellectual curiosity in terms of academic achievement. In addressing this question two perspectives were applied: a trait perspective, focusing on differences between students, and a state perspective, focusing on differences within students across semesters. By means of an online questionnaire, undergraduate students (N = 2272) were asked to rate themselves on perseverance and intellectual curiosity at the beginning of five consecutive semesters. Results indicate that academic ability but also personal qualities have to be taken into account to explain the differences between students in academic achievement. In particular perseverance was found to be important in explaining differences both between students and within students across semesters. Also, individual students fluctuate quite substantially in their reported perseverance and intellectual curiosity from semester to semester.

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370 Education, School and Education System

Keywords

Perseverance, Intellectual curiosity, Academic achievement Academic ability, Moderation

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KOOL, Ada, Tim MAINHARD, A. D. C. Debbie JAARSMA, Peter VAN BEUKELEN, Mieke BREKELMANS, 2018. Do Students with Varying Academic Ability Benefit Equally from Personal Qualities? : Applying a Trait and State Perspective. In: Research in Higher Education. 59(8), pp. 1021-1034. ISSN 0361-0365. eISSN 1573-188X. Available under: doi: 10.1007/s11162-018-9498-y

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  year={2018},
  doi={10.1007/s11162-018-9498-y},
  title={Do Students with Varying Academic Ability Benefit Equally from Personal Qualities? : Applying a Trait and State Perspective},
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  volume={59},
  issn={0361-0365},
  journal={Research in Higher Education},
  pages={1021--1034},
  author={Kool, Ada and Mainhard, Tim and Jaarsma, A. D. C. Debbie and van Beukelen, Peter and Brekelmans, Mieke}
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