Profiling first-year students in STEM programs based on autonomous motivation and academic self-concept and relationship with academic achievement.

The low success rate of first-year college students in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) programs has spurred many academic achievement studies in which explanatory factors are studied. In this study, we investigated from a person-oriented perspective whether different motivat...

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Main Authors: Carolien Van Soom, Vincent Donche
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4229203?pdf=render