Education is important for the individual and for society. One of the most important and stable predictors of educational dropout is academic performance, typically measured by grades. This thesis aims to investigate factors related to academic performance and student dropout. It comprises two projects. The first project, Young Will (Ung vilje), is based on a sample of adolescents entering upper ...

Approximately 30 % of students drop out from Norwegian upper secondary schools. Academic achievement, as indexed by Grade Point Average (GPA) is one of the strongest predictors of dropout. The present study aimed to examine the role of cognitive, school-related and affective/psychological predictors of GPA. In addition, we examined the psychometric properties of a new scale for literacy problems ...

Academic attrition is a worldwide problem representing a significant economic loss and a disadvantage for students in terms of health and career prospects. We focus on the roles of academic skills, academic self-efficacy, and students' integration in exploring their relation to attrition intentions. Based on existing research, we expected a negative relation between academic skills and attrition ...

Mange studenter bruker uhensiktsmessig mye tid på ineffektive måter å lære på, og vi ønsket å gjøre noe med dette. En lære-å-lære-intervensjon ble pilotert høsten 2023 på et fellesemne på førsteåret for 600 helseprofesjonsstudenter fra 12 ulike studieprogrammer og med 40 involverte veiledere fra ulike studieprogram. Vi utformet intervensjonen med utgangspunkt i KBCP-rammeverket (McDaniel& Einstein, 2020).

<p><i>BAKGRUNN</i>: Denne artikkelen er en kunnskapsoppsummering av effektene av tiltaket FRIENDS for life, et behandlingsprogram for barn og ungdommer med angst. Tiltaket er tilrettelagt for grupper, men kan også brukes individuelt. FRIENDS har som mål å hjelpe barn og ungdommer med å utvikle ferdigheter og kunnskaper som gjør dem bedre rustet til å håndtere angstprovoserende situasjoner. I Norge ...

Bakgrunn: Flyt er et livsmestringsprogram for elever på 10. trinn som har til hensikt å gjøre deltakere bedre rustet til å gjennomføre videregående skole. Programmet er et styrkebasert gruppetiltak for ungdom i risiko for å droppe ut fra videregående, men ungdom uten kjent risiko inkluderes også. For elever omfatter tiltaket totalt 80 timer med organiserte aktiviteter fordelt på helg- og kveldssamlinger ...

Education is important to society, yet many students do not complete the educations they start. In the present study of 426 students at a Norwegian university, we examined the predictive value of study-related variables with regard to student status one and five years after initial enrollment (stayers versus dropouts). The logistic regression analyses indicated that older students and students who ...

Individual differences in student learning influence academic performance, and two aspects influencing the learning process are the particular learning approach the students use and procrastination behaviour. We examined the relationships between learning approaches, procrastination and academic achievement (measured 1 year later as the grade point average (GPA)) amongst 428 first-year university ...

Inefficient study skills increase the probability that study work is perceived as difficult and aversive, with procrastination as a likely result. As a remedy, more effective study skills and habits may be encouraged. However, research indicates that good study skills and habits may not by themselves be sufficient to remedy problems, as this relationship may be mediated by efficacy beliefs related ...